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{"LORD, HAVE MERCY") 



MANUAL OF PRIVATE PRAYERS 



WITH NOTES AND ADDITIONAL MATTER 



H. J. WOTHERSPOON, M.A. 

of st. Oswald's, Edinburgh 



rHILADELTHJA 

THE WESTMINSTER PRESS 
1905 



The following short forms of prayer are 
adapted Plainly for those who have but little 
leisure — whose morning devotions must on 
most days of the week be short, and whose 
midday prayer must be shorter still. Those 
who have more time to give to this work of 
prayer are counselled to supplement these by 
additional devotions, such as are supplied at 
later pages ; and especially it is recommended 
that some definite work of Intercession be at- 
tempted at midday prayers ; and that the Holy 
Scripture be read after prayer (rather than 
before it) both night and morning. 

The author has to acknowledge his indebted- 
ness for suggestions of method to the many 
similar manuals already in circulation, and 
to the common stock of devotional matter current 
among Christian people for various sentences 
and echoes of phrase. A few of the prayers 
in Part III. are taken from well-known 
sources and are so marked. If anything has 
been borrowed without acknowledgment, it is 
by oversight. 



CONTENTS. 



I. SHORT FORMS OF PRIVATE PRAYER FOR A 

WEEK 19 

II. THE HOLY COMMUNION, BEFORE AND AFTER 5 1 

III. AIDS TO INTERCESSION . . . . 91 

IV. ADDITIONAL PRAYERS . . . 135 
APPENDIX l6l 



I. 

Sbort jForms of private prater 
for a Weefe 



Evening, and Morning, and at Noon, will 

I PRAY, AND CRY ALOUD : AND He SHALL HEAR 

MY VOICE. — Psalm lv. 17 



Slltttiag : Morning. 



Place yourself in the presence of God ; say with 
reverence and recollection. 

This is the day that the Lord hath made : I 
will rejoice and be glad in it. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, 
is now, and ever shall be, world without end. 
Amen. 

Then humbly kneeling, consider with yourself that 
you are about to speak with God ; and say : 

OUR FATHER which art in heaven, Hal- 
lowed be Thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy 
will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give 
us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our 
debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us 
not into temptation ; but deliver us from the evil. 
For Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the 
glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 

I BELIEVE in one God the Father Almighty, 
Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things 
visible and invisible. 



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And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only be- 
gotten Son of God, begotten of His Father before 
all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very 
God of Very God, Begotten not made, Being of 
one Substance with the Father, by whom all 
things were made ; who for us men and for our 
salvation came down from heaven, and was in- 
carnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, 
and was made man, and was crucified also for 
us under Pontius Pilate ; He suffered and was 
buried, and the third day He rose again, accord- 
ing to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, 
and sitteth on the right hand of the Father. 
And He shall come again with glory to judge 
both the quick and the dead ; whose Kingdom 
shall have no end. 

And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and 
Giver of Life, who proceedeth from the Father 
and the Son, who with the Father and the Son 
together is worshipped and glorified ; who spake 
by the prophets. And I believe one Holy 
Catholic and Apostolic Church. I acknowledge 
one baptism for the remission of sins, and I look 
for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of 
the world to come. Amen. 

MOST MERCIFUL God, I praise Thee for 
Thy great glory. I thank Thee for my life. I 
bless Thee for my rest and for my awaking. In 
my unworthiness I offer myself to Thee by Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Depending wholly upon Thee, 
I commend myself to Thy providence for all that 



PRIVA TE PR A YER. 7 

to-day shall happen to me ; and for all that to- 
day I shall do, I commend myself to the com- 
munion of the Holy Ghost. I beseech that Thy 
grace may be sufficient for me. Through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. 

O God, who as on this day didst begin the 
glorious work of creation : the world is Thine 
and the fulness of it — help me therefore to be 
without anxiety, and to be faithful in my place. 

O God, who as on this day didst say, Let 
there be light, and there was light : help me to 
walk as in the light, to flee all works of dark- 
ness, and to work Thy work while it is called 
to-day. 

O God, who as on this first day of the week 
didst bring again from the dead Thy Son our 
Lord, give me part in the joy which therefore 
filleth Thy Church, and let me know the power 
of His resurrection. 

O God, who as on this first day of the week 
didst fulfil Thy promise, sending the Holy 
Ghost : help me to-day and always to walk in 
the Spirit, and to bring forth His fruits to Thy 
glory. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



VOUCHSAFE, O Lord, to keep me this day 
without sin. 

Unite my heart to fear Thy Name. 

Open Thou my lips, that my mouth may shew 
forth Thy praise. 



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Prepare me for my part in celebrating Thine 
holy ordinances. 

Bring me to Thy holy house, and number me 
with Thy saints. 

Enable me to worship Thee with my whole 
being, with body and soul ; in reverence and de- 
votion ; in the Holy Spirit ; and in the truth of 
the Gospel. 

Grant me to hear Thy word in the obedience 
of faith. 

Let my prayers be accepted. 

And bless me, even me, my Father. 

I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go 
into the house of the Lord. 

The Lord is my Shepherd ; I shall not want. 

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures ; 
He leadeth me beside the still waters. 

He restoreth my soul ; He leadeth me in the 
paths of righteousness for His name's sake. 

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the 
shadow of death, I will fear no evil ; for Thou 
art with me : Thy rod and Thy staff they com- 
fort me. 

Thou preparest a table before me in the pres- 
ence of mine enemies ; Thou anointest my head 
with oil ; my cup runneth over. 

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all 
the days of my life ; and I will dwell in the house 
of the Lord for ever. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to 



PRIVATE PRAYER. 9 

the Holy Ghost ; as it was in the beginning, is 
now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 
I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go 
into the house of the Lord. Our feet shall stand 
withi7i thy gates , O ferusale?n. 

THE ALMIGHTY and Most Merciful God 
grant to me to-day, with all who love Him, 
quietness and salvation. Amen. 

At the same time, or later if there be more leistire, 
but if possible before the principal service of 
the Lord's Day, be alone with God and inter- 
cede : 

IN THE NAME of the Father, and of the 
Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 
Lord, have mercy. 
Christ, have mercy. 
Lord, have mercy. 

I BESEECH Thee to hear me, God : 

For all men : that their souls may be precious 
in Thy sight. 

For Thy Holy Church throughout all the world : 
glorify Thy Blessed Son our Lord in her. 

For Thy Church in this land : be merciful to 
us, O Lord our God, reviving, restoring, confirm- 
ing in Thy grace and truth. 

For the Ministers and Stewards of Thy mys- 



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teries everywhere : that they may be sufficient 
for the things laid upon them. 

For Thy servant M. N., to whose pastorship 
Thou hast been pleased to commit me : that he 
may be strong and wise and good, and to-day be 
blessed of Thee in his ministry. 

For Thy people with whom I shall worship 
Thee : that together, in one faith and one Spirit 
and one hope of our calling, we may rejoice in 
our salvation, be accepted in our sacrifice of 
praise, thanksgiving, and alms, prevail with Thee 
in prayer, receive from Thee by Thy Word and 
benediction, out of Thy fulness which is in Jesus 
Christ our Lord. 

For this parish and congregation : that it may 
be united in Thy fear ; that there be no root of 
bitterness or beginning of strife in it. 

For the elders of the people, and all who serve 
Thee in any charge or office ; for the singers, the 
teachers, the visitors of the sick, and the helpers 
of the poor : that they do their holy work with 
Thy blessing. 

For those who are to-day in distress, in bodily 
or spiritual trial, in bodily or spiritual danger, in 
sorrow, sickness, poverty, anxiety, or temptation. 

For such known to me, namely, A , B , 

and C . 

For the children : that they may grow up in 
godliness, and to-day learn of Thee. 

For the aged : that they may be held in rever- 



PRIVA TE PR A YER. 1 1 

ence, and may obtain tenderness from us and 
compassion from Thee. 

For this house, for those dear to me in it, and 
for my friends wherever they be, especially for 
C , D . 

I pray that Israel may be saved, and the fulness 
of the nations gathered in. 

Help us, save us, have mercy upon us, and 
keep us, O God, by Thy grace. 

Through the alone intercession and mediation 
of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 

If y 021 purpose on this Lord's Day to receive the 
Holy Sacrament, time should be given to prepa- 
ration and self-examination ; and for this some 
aid and direction is given at p. 59 of this book. 



Sutttiag: Evening. 

The Day of the Lord is ending, and you return to 
give God thanks. Be alone with Him ; place 
yourself in His presence ; and say : 

The Sabbath was made for man, and the Son 
of man is the Lord of it. 

Thanks be to Thee, O God. 



SHORT FORMS OF 

Noiu consider what sacred acts have engaged you 
to-day: whether you have truly and purely 
served God in them ; whether you have rightly 
prayed and have worthily given thanks ; what 
real sacrifice you have offered, in devotion of soul, 
in reverence of your body, in alms and freewill 
offerings of your substance, or in deeds of mercy 
— spiritual or corporal (see /. 1 71). Consider 
also your use of this day of rest, whether in 
spirit and in truth you have remembered it ; 
and whether in anything you have offended 
any [even 7eho are weak), or have caused them 
to stumble. Also whether you have to-day re- 
peated any sin of sloth, irreverence, inattention, 
or neglect, of which you have aforetime accused 
yourself. And kneeling, say : 



IN THE NAME of the Father, and of the 
Son, and of the Holy Ghost : 

I confess to God Almighty, the Father, the 
Son, and the Holy Ghost, and before the whole 
company of heaven, that I have sinned exceed- 
ingly—in thought j And confess those things of 
in word > which your conscience 

in deed j is accused. 

through my fault, through my own fault, through 
my grievous fault ; wherefore I pray God to have 
mercy upon me. 



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Now continue for a space, remembering, repenting, 
confessing, resolving ; deal faithfully with your- 
self and towards God, and say : 

ALMIGHTY GOD and Most Merciful Father, 
grant me pardon, absolution, and remission of 
all my sins, only through the merit and satisfac- 
tion of Jesus Christ, my Lord. Amen. 

O LORD JESUS CHRIST, who, on the even- 
ing of the first day of the week, didst appear 
unto Thine Apostles, and didst say unto them, 
Peace be unto you, though they had forsaken 
Thee : be merciful to me, who also have sinned 
against Thee, and be with me, and grant me 
Thy peace. 



OUR FATHER 



THANKS be unto God for the holy and ever- 
lasting Gospel, to-day sounded in all the earth 
and preached to me. 

Thanks be to God for His unspeakable gift, 
the Holy Spirit of truth and grace. 

Thanks be to God for our gathering to Christ. 

Thanks be to God for our fellowship with one 
another. 

Thanks be to God for our rest to-day in body 
and soul. 

Thanks be to God for all His mercies. 

Glory be to Thee, O God. 



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IN UNWORTHINESS, O God, and in great 
imperfection, I have this day worshipped Thee. 
Nevertheless let my sacrifice be remembered, 
and let there be pity in heaven for me. Let my 
prayers be set forth before Thee. I have made 
known my requests to Thee : give commandment 
concerning me. 

Blessed be the Lord, who hath not turned away 
my prayer nor His mercies from me. 

Remember, O Lord, those things which to- 
night are specially in my mind, to obtain Thy 
favour concerning them, namely 

Behold, I have cast my care upon Thee : care 
for me, O my Father. 

I WILL both lay me down in peace and sleep : 
for Thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety. 

The Almighty and Most Merciful God grant 
to me with all His faithful rest and peace. Amen. 

Before you sleep, reflect on the calling of the mor- 
row, and set in your heart some purpose ( I ) of 
things that by God's help you will do, and {2) of 
things that by God's help you will not do. Name 
to yourself sin or fault that you will remember 
to avoid, grace or duty that you will aim to fulfil, 
task or trial in which you will be cast on God 's 
aid ; and say : 



PR I VA TE PR A YER. 1 5 

I WILL not go back from Thee, O God : 
quicken Thou me according to Thy Word. 

Let the devout and attentive reading of some part 
of the Holy Scriptures follozv. In peace and 
with due purpose of heart receive the Word of 
the Lord. And when you have read, say : 

THANKS be to Thee, O God. 



JHcmfcag: Morning. 

Say with reverence and recollection : 

I laid me down and slept : 
I awaked, for the Lord sustained me. 
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost ; as it was in the beginning, 
is now, and ever shall be, world without end. 
Amen. 

Then humbly kneeling, say : 

OUR FATHER which art 



I BELIEVE in God, the Father Almighty, 
Maker of heaven and earth. 



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And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord ; 
who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of 
the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, 
Was crucified, dead, and buried. He descended 
into hell. The third day He rose again from 
the dead. He ascended into heaven, and sitteth 
on the right hand of God the Father Almighty. 
From thence He shall come to judge the quick 
and the dead. 

I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Holy Catholic 
Church, the Communion of Saints, the Forgive- 
ness of Sins, the Resurrection of the Body, and 
the Life Everlasting. Amen. 

MOST MERCIFUL and most faithful God, I 
bless Thee for Thy love and care. I thank Thee 
for the night that is gone, and for this new day, 
and that I am kept to it. 

Now, O my Father, remember how weak I am , 
and how many things this day brings to me, to 
bear and to do. I know not what an hour may 
bring forth ; but Thou knowest. I give myself 
into Thy hands. I beseech Thee to guide me. 
I pray Thee to spare me trial ; but if I am tried, 
to keep me from falling. Through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

I CALL to mind my purpose and resolution. 
I renew them. To-day I will watch against that 

my sin To-day I will endeavour 

that my duty But apart from 



PRIVATE PRAYER. 17 

Christ I can do nothing. O Lord Jesus Christ, 
my Lord, do not let me to-day stray at all from 
Thee. Let me do nothing alone. I am the 
work of Thy hands. I am the sheep whom 
Thou hast sought and found. I am the sinner 
for whom Thou didst die. Keep me, O Lord, 
my Redeemer. 

Now consider what to-day may especially need the 
Divine direction of your path, or for what dif- 
ficult thing you desire to be helped ; and say : 

In this thing guide me, O God. 

In this protect me, O God. 

In this bless me, O God. 

For this, my friend .... hear me, O God. 

In this matter, which is outside of my care, 
but which concerns me so much, think of me, O 
God, and order it for me ; for I trust in Thee. 
Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

THE ALMIGHTY and Most Merciful God 
grant to me to-day, with all who love Him, 
quietness and salvation. Amen. 



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IHoittiag: Midday. 

At midday ; even in our common duties, let us en- 
deavour to p>ay. While your hands are still 
busy, lift your heart to God, and speak inwardly 
with Him. If you have control of your own 
time, it will be well now to seek God in deliberate 
prayer ; but if not, turn your thoughts to Him, 
and say in your soul : 

HITHERTO hath the Lord helped me. 
O my God, I believe in Thee. 
O my God, I hope in Thee. 
O my God, I love Thee. 

Lord Jesus Christ, who at midday didst hang 
. upon the Cross for me ; help me to bear about 
with me Thy dying, and in my body to show 
Thy life. 

Holy Spirit of God, strengthen me. 

Lord, grant me to do this my work to Thy 
glory ; and bless me in it. 

O keep me in Thy fear all the day long. 

Glory be to the Father 

As it was 

Amen. 



PRIVATE PRAYER. 19 



Night. 



It is well that at the end of a day, before entering 
on prayer, zue examine ourselves. Therefore 
place yourself in the presence of God ; kneel 
down humbly before Him ; remember that you 
are His redeemed servant and child: call to 
mind the day and the measure of its faithfulness 
and unfaithfulness ; and bring to recollection 
especially your purpose and the resolve with which 
the day began ; and say : 

I AM Thine, O God save me. 
Heal my soul ; for I have sinned. 

I have sinned against Thee, O God, my Father ; 
for I have not served Thee only. 

I have sinned against Thee, Jesus, my Lord ; 
for I have not followed Thee as I ought. 

I have sinned against Thee, Holy and Blessed 
Spirit of God ; for I have not obeyed Thy voice. 

Lord, have mercy upon me. 
Christ, have mercy upon me. 
Lord, have mercy upon me. 

I especially confess my sin 

I especially confess my failure 

ALMIGHTY GOD, who dost not abhor the 



SHORT FORMS OF 



prayer even of sinful lips, nor the cry of the 
penitent confessing : have mercy upon me ; for- 
give my sin, and help me to amend it. Through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



OUR FATHER which art 
I BELIEVE in God . . . 



PRAISE be to Thee, O God, who hast this day 
cared for me. Praise be to Thee for the answer 
to my prayers, to-day received : where I have 
seen it, and where I have not perceived it. Praise 
be to Thee for all Thy love, and that it continues 
to me, who am unworthy. 

Glory be to Thee, God. 

LORD Jesus Christ, my Lord, who on the 
second day of the week didst cleanse the courts 
of the Father's house ; cleanse this temple of 
my body, in which the Holy Ghost wondrously 
vouchsafes to dwell. Cast out of my soul also 
whatever displeases Thee. Give me zeal to be 
right in Thine eyes, O my Lord and my judge. 

TO-NIGHT, O God, remember me ; and in 
one blessing with myself remember all that Thou 

hast given me, of kindred 

or of friendship 

Especially I commend to Thee A and B 

in their several necessities. 



PRIVA TE PR A YER. 21 

LET Thy mercies to-night overshadow all 
weary, sleepless, suffering, and sorrowful persons. 
Let Thy grace help the tempted. Let Thy ten- 
der mercies be over all Thy works, and over me. 
Through Jesus Christ our Lord. A7tien. 

I WILL both lay me down in peace and sleep : 
For Thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety. 

Glory be to the Father 

As it was 

Amen. 



EltCSftag: Morning. 

Say with reverence and recollection : 

Let me be in the fear of the Lord : I will praise 
Thee, O God, my strength. 

Glory be to the Father 

As it was 

A)HC)l. 

The 11 humbly kneeling, say : 

OUR FATHER 

1 BELIEVE 

MOST GRACIOUS and loving God, my 
Father ; 1 thank Thee for the quiet of the night 



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now ended, and for the light of this day, and that 
mine eyes have seen it. I receive the day from 
Thee ; but do Thou help me to use it. I take 
my life from Thee ; but do Thou help me to live. 
I fear to go one step alone. I do not trust myself 
to choose wisely in anything. Counsel and direct 
me, I beseech Thee. Do not suffer me to get out 
of the way, but hold me by Thy grace. For Jesus 
Christ's sake. 

I HAVE purposed, O God, to keep Thy com- 
mandments. I have set myself to avoid the sin 
which besets me. I have considered my way, 
and have turned unto Thee. Now again I re- 
member 

and I renew my resolve ; and I cry to Thee for 
help. Let me not cry in vain, O Lord ; but grant 
that to-day I may be more careful, more diligent, 
stronger than yesterday to abide in Christ. 

Again think carefully of the day before you and 
what trial it brings, what temptation, or ivhat 
difficult duty ; or if there be anything for which 
you especially desire help or direction or blessing ; 
and name it to God. Then say : 

FATHER, without whom not a sparrow falls to 
the ground ; think of me in these things. Through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

THE ALMIGHTY and Most Merciful God 



PRIVATE PRAYER. 23 

grant to me to-day, with all who love Him, 
quietness and salvation. Amen. 



STueStiag: Midday. 



Pause, if you may, in your work, and lift your 
heart to God. Or even while you work, speak 
with God, and say : 

I AM Thy servant : O give me understanding, 
that I may keep Thy commandments. 

I will fear no evil ; for Thou art with me. 

LORD JESUS CHRIST, who at midday didst 
hang upon the Cross for me ; save me whom 
Thou hast purchased with Thy blood. 

Holy Spirit of God, I commend myself, un- 
worthy as I am, to Thy fellowship. 

1 offer to Thee, O God, my endeavour to be 
faithful in this my daily labour. 

O keep me in Thy fear all the day. 

Glory be to the Father 

As it was 

Amen. 



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ffiucsfoag: night. 

Place yourself in the presence of God ; kneel before 
Him ; recall the events of the day, and, as before, 
examine your conscience ; and say : 

AFTER Thy great mercy, O God, have mercy 
upon me. 

I repent of the sins of my actions 

I repent of the sins of my speech 

I repent of the sins of my' thought 

I repent of my omissions of duty 

God be merciful to me, a sinner. 

I can pay Thee nothing of all my debt, O God. 
If Thou shouldst mark iniquity, how shall I 
stand ? I am cast entirely upon Thy pity ; for I 
have sinned, and I have repeated my sin ; I have 
failed, and I have repeated my failure ; I have 
known, and still I have done the same things. 
Be merciful, for my soul is afflicted before Thee. 

O THOU God of my salvation, deliver my 
soul. Say unto me, Thy sins be forgiven thee. 
Say unto me, My grace shall be sufficient for 
thee. Do not suffer me to cease from striving 
to overcome ; renew me by Thy Holy Spirit. 
For Jesus' sake. 



PRIVA TE PR A YER. 25 



OUR FATHER 
I BELIEVE . . 



BLESSED art Thou, O God, who hast not 
ceased to show me kindness. Blessed art Thou, 
who bearest long, and art of great compassion. 
Blessed art Thou, the God and Father of our 
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 

Glory be to Thee, O God. 

O LORD JESUS CHRIST, who on the third 
day of the week didst endure so great contradic- 
tion of sinners, seeking to entangle Thee in Thy 
speech : teach me Thy patience, and especially 
give me the grace of sinless speech, to the glory 
of Thy Name which is named upon me. 
Or, 

O LORD JESUS CHRIST, who on the third 
day of the week didst blight the barren fig-tree : 
have patience with me, and as Thou yet givest 
me time for repentance, bring forth in me fruits 
meet for repentance. 

THE DAY is Thine ; the night also is Thine. 
Give me now rest for body and soul, that I may 
be quiet and safe in sleep, and my heart at peace 
in Thee. 

If I have aught against any, I forgive it. 

Remember, God, those whom I love (espe- 
cially . . . . ) ; those to whom I owe duty 



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(especially . . . . ) ; those whose' griefs are 
known to me (especially ....); and those 
whom I know not, but Thou knowest them ; and 

those who have asked my prayers 

Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

I WILL both lay me down in peace and sleep : 
for Thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety. 

Glory be to the Father 

As it was 

Amen. 



iHUtmegtiag : Morning. 

Say with reverence and recollection : 

Lord, Thou hast redeemed my life : 
None can keep alive his own soul. 

Glory be to the Father 

As it was 

A men. 
Then humbly kneeling, say : 

OUR FATHER ............. 

I BELIEVE 



PRIVATE PRAYER. 27 

TO THEE, O Father, I lift up my heart : for 
all things come of Thee. Now grant to me, O 
my God, to render to Thee to-day the glory 
which is Thine, and the obedience which I owe 
Thee. O let me not go from Thee. Let me not 
break Thy holy and just and good law. Take 
this weakness of mine, and show in it how strong 
is Thy grace. I pray Thee to grant me a sinless 
day, fruitful in good works. Through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

I WILL watch and pray, that I enter not into 
temptation. I remember my old sins ; let them 
teach me, O God. By Thy grace I will not to-day 
. . . . By Thy grace I will to-day .... 
This, O God, I truly purpose ; but Thou must 
work it in me, else I shall again err, and I shall 
again come short. Let Thy grace to-day be 
sufficient for me. For Jesus Christ's sake. 

A T ow, as on other days, look forward to the day 
and its especial needs ; name them to God : and 
say : 

O God, who hast numbered even the hairs of 
my head, think of me when these things come. 
For Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. 

THE ALMIGHTY and Most Merciful God 
grant to me, with all who love Him, quietness 
and salvation. Amen. 



2S SHORT FORMS OF 



SHrtmcstiag : midday. 

In such pause of hand, or of your thoughts only, 
as your duties may permit \ lift your soul to God ; 

and say : 

THE Lord is my Shepherd ; I have not 
wanted : 

The Lord is my shade upon my right hand. 

O Lord, I am Thy servant ; truly I am Thy 
servant . 

Lord Jesus Christ, who at midday didst hang 
upon the Cross for me : guard me as Thine own, 
so that nothing may divide me from Thee. 

Holy Spirit of God, I am not worthy : never- 
theless, abide with me. 

Establish Thou the work of my hands, O God ; 
and let me in these things please Thee by my 
fidelity. 

O keep me in Thy fear all the day. 



Glory be to the Father 

As it was 

Amen. 



PRIVATE PRAYER. 



8He&ncstJag: Night. 

Place yourself in the presence of God ; kneel 
humbly before Him ; recall the events of the day 
— what you have done and have left undone ; 

and say : 

THE sacrifices of God are a broken spirit : a 
broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt 
not despise. 

Look mercifully upon me, O God ; not to judge 
me, but to restore my soul ; for I have gone astray 
like a lost sheep. 

I have sinned in what I have done .... 

I have sinned in what I have left undone . . 

I have sinned in my speech 

I have sinned in my silence 

I have sinned in my heart 

But there is forgiveness with Thee, my God, 
that Thou mayest be feared. O blot out my 
transgressions for Thy mercies' sake. Thou hast 
willed my salvation ; save me from my sins, 
pardoning their guilt, cleansing their pollution, 
breaking their hold upon me. Through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 



OUR FATHER 
I BELIEVE . 



30 SHORT FORMS OF 

I GLORIFY Thee, God, through Jesus 
Christ. Thou art my Creator, my Preserver, 
my Redeemer. All that I am and all that I 
have is Thine ; of Thine own, O God, will I give 
Thee. I will yield my body to Thee in living 
sacrifice. I will give up its members and limbs 
to be the instruments of Thy righteousness. 
Into Thy hands I will give my spirit, in the name 
of Jesus Christ my Lord. 

Glory be to Thee, O God. 

O LORD JESUS CHRIST, who on the fourth 
day of the week didst in silence prepare Thyself 
against Thy Passion : strengthen my heart, and 
give me courage and steadfastness to take up 
my cross daily and to follow Thee ; to bear Thy 
reproach and to go forth with Thee. 

Or, 

O LORD JESUS CHRIST, who on the fourth 
day of the week wast betrayed and sold for thirty 
pieces of silver ; preserve me from all fellowship 
with Thine enemies, and help me to choose Thee 
rather than any temptation. 

THE DARKNESS and the light are both alike 
unto Thee, O God ; look upon me and give me a 
peaceful night, safety, and refreshing. So also 
I pray Thee to guard this household, those dear 
to me whom this roof shelters, and those whom 
I love who are far away. The Lord watch 



PRIVATE PRAYER. 31 

between them and me, while we are absent from 
one another. 

And let Thy pity be present to-night to all in 

distress or trial. I remember especially A 

and B ; I beseech Thee for them. Through 

Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

I WILL both lay me down in peace and 
sleep ; for Thou, Lord, only makest me dwell 
in safety. 

Glory be to the Father 

As it was 

Amen. 



Cljurstiag: morning. 

Say with reverence and recollection : 

Thy mercies are new every morning, O God. 
Great is Thy faithfulness. 

Glory be to the Father 

As it was 

Amen. 
Then humbly kneeling, say : 

OUR FATHER 

I BELIEVE . 



32 SHORT FORMS OF 

MY LIFE is Thine, O God ; created by Thee, 
redeemed by Thee, preserved by Thee, and mine 
again to-day, because Thou hast remembered 
me. And now the calling of to-day is upon me, 
with its work and trial, and I go forth to it until 
the evening. Let Thy blessing go with me into 
whatever it brings. I do not trust myself at all. 
I am afraid to live, unless Thou keep me. I am 
afraid to act or to speak, unless I am guided by 
Thee. Hold me to-day, that I may not leave Thy 
peace or fall into sin. Through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

Yesterday I purposed well ; yet I offended in 
much, and in all I came short. To-day grant me 

steadfastness against the sin of 

and to remember my need of 

and to attend to my duty in respect of . . . 
that I may come to the evening with a conscience 
free from reproach. Through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

Now, as on other days, consider the special duties, 
trials, and needs of the day which you begin ; 
name them to God ; and say : 

GIVE ME, God, hour by hour, to do rightly 
and to speak wisely. Nothing is too great for 
Thee, my Father ; and nothing is too small for 
Thy mercy. I shall be without carefulness, if 
only Thou wilt bless me. Remember me there- 
fore, for Jesus' sake. Amen. 



PRIVA TE PR A YER. 33 

THE ALMIGHTY and Most Merciful God 
grant to me to-day, with all who love Him, quiet- 
ness and salvation. Amen. 



&{)UrStiag: Midday. 



God is not far from any one of us ; and we are 
not heard by reason of much speaking. It is 
possible to pray 7vhe?'ever we are and zvhatever 
we do. Therefore, as best you can, set your 
heart towards God; and say : 

HE that dwelleth in the secret place of the 
Most High shall abide under the shadow of the 
Almighty. 

God is my refuge and strength : 

A very present help. 

Lord Jesus Christ, who at midday didst hang 
upon the Cross for me ; keep me from the evil 
that is in the world, I beseech Thee. 

Holy Spirit of God, be to me a Spirit of 
counsel and might. 

1 will do my work, not with eye-service but as 
serving Thee, O Lord. 

O keep me in Thy fear all the day. 



34 SHORT FORMS OF 

Glory be to the Father 

As it was 

Amen. 



WtyXX$%m\ Night. 

Place yourself in the presence of God ; kneel 
humbly before Him ; recall the events of the 
day — what you have done and what you have left 
undone ; and say : 

ALL we like sheep have gone astray : 
We have turned every one to his own way. 

MY GOD, I have sinned against Thee, 
against Thy holy law, for I have broken it ; 
against Thy warnings, for I have not had them 
in mind ; against Thy promises, for I have not 
trusted in them ; against Thy love, for I have 
not loved Thee as Thou hast loved me ; and I 
have no excuse for my sin. 

1 accuse myself of my fault 

I accuse myself of my neglect 

But also of many things unknown to me, or 

now forgotten ; and I accuse myself because I 
have so little felt their sin, and because I am now 
so little able to repent worthily. 



PRIVATE PRAYER. 35 

NEVERTHELESS, I hope in Thee, O God, 
for Thou hast loved me. Thou gavest Thy be- 
loved Son for me also. I come to the sprinkling 
of His blood. Wash me from my sin, and cleanse 
me from my transgression. Through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 



OUR FATHER 
I BELIEVE . 



I KNOW not, O my God, for how many things 
I have to-night to praise Thee. Some of thy 
mercies I have perceived, and they are more 
than I can number. They are wonderful, be- 
cause they have been to me, who deserve noth- 
ing from Thee. Above all, there is this, that I 
have confidence toward Thee, to call Thee my 
Father. 

Glory be to Thee, O God. 

O LORD JESUS CHRIST, who on the fifth 
day of the week didst wash Thy disciples' feet : 
teach me to do to others as I have Thee for 
example. 

O Lord, who as on this day didst give us the 
new commandment : teach me how to love the 
brethren. 

O Lord, who as on this night didst institute 
the great Sacrament of Thy Body and Blood : 
grant that through Thy perpetual intercession I 



36 SHORT FORMS OF 

may be accepted of God, and may ever dwell 
in Thee and Thou in me. 

Thou whose Flesh is meat indeed, and whose 
Blood is drink indeed, give me, out of Thy ful- 
ness, grace for grace. 

Or, 

O LORD JESUS CHRIST, who on the fifth 
day of the week didst ascend to the Father, and 
as Thou didst depart spakest of Thy coming 
again : keep me in Thy fellowship, as one whose 
citizenship is in the heavens, that in that day I 
may be found in Thee. 

GOD, Shepherd of Israel, who slumberest 
not nor sleepest : keep me to-night in safety and 
peace. Give Thy holy Angels charge over this 
dwelling, over all who rest here, over all that is 
dear or precious to me. 

For all who suffer I plead before Thee, es- 
pecially naming A and B , and entreat- 
ing Thee to be favourable to their prayers, and 
merciful to their necessity. Through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 

1 WILL both lay me down in peace and 
sleep : for Thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in 
safety. 

Glory be to the Father 

As it was 

Amen. 



PRIVA TE PR A YER. 37 

jFrttrag: morning. 

Say with reverence and recollection : 

Thou hast redeemed my life from destruction. 
God so loved the world that He spared not His 
own Son. 

Glory be to the Father .......... 

As it was 

Amen. 
Then humbly kneeling, say : 

OUR FATHER . 

I BELIEVE 

ALMIGHTY GOD, who for the great love 
wherewith Thou hast loved us didst endure to 
behold the suffering of Thy Holy One our Lord : 
for His sake preserve me to-day in body and soul, 
and lead me in the paths of righteousness. I 
earnestly desire to be worthy of Him ; give me 
therefore power to love Him above all things ; 
and suffer me not to deny Him or to put Him 
to shame. Help me to take up my cross and 
to follow Him who bore the Cross for me. 

To the glory of Thy holy Name. Amen. 

I VOW to the Lord a greater diligence, a 
stricter watch, a stronger zeal. I will re- 
member wherein I have been wont to err. I 



3S SHORT FORMS OF 

will know my infirmity. I will consider my 
calling. I will be bolder to acknowledge what 
my due to my Lord is. I now confess my need 

to mortify that sinful affection 

I recognise my need to face that duty . . . 
and that I ought to make that sacrifice . . . 

I will forgive that injury 

I will try to be reconciled with my brother A . 

In these things help me, O God, for Thy love 
and pity in Jesus Christ. A?nen. 

Now, as formerly, look into the hours, so far as 
you know what they will hold or foresee your 
need of help fro?n God. Name these things to 
Him; and say : 

IN ALL things, O God, and not in these only, 
I have need of Thee. But in these I know how 
much I shall need Thee. And I beseech Thee 
to order them for me, and to prepare me to be 
right and faithful in their trial. Through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. A?nen. 

THE ALMIGHTY and Most Merciful God 
grant to me to-day, with all who love Him, quiet- 
ness and salvation. Amen. 



PRIVATE PRAYER. 39 



jFrttiag: midday. 



Although we should pray without ceasing, at all 
times holding to God by faith and grasping our 
trust in Him, yet we should also have times to 
speak with Him face to face, though it be but for 
a moment. Therefore now, zvhatever you are 
doing, turn to Him ; and say : 

I WILL cry with my whole heart : 
Hear me, O God, Thou God of my salvation. 
Blessed be God, who holdeth my soul in life. 
He is my Rock. 

O Lord Jesus Christ, who at midday didst hang 
upon the Cross for me, save me and help me, I 
humbly beseech Thee, O Lord. 

Holy Spirit of God, be to me the Spirit of 
knowledge and of the fear of the Lord. 

Lord, Thou knowest how many things I have 
to do. If at all in their heat and burden I forget 
Thee, do not Thou forget me, I entreat Thee. 

O Keep me in Thy fear all the day. 

Glory be to the Father 

As it was 

Amen. 



4Q SHORT FORMS OF 



jfrftag: Night. 

Place yourself in the presence of God ; kneel 
humbly before Him ; recall the events of the 
day, what you have done and have left undone. 
Remember also that on this day of the week the 
Lord was crucified ; and say : 

SURELY He hath borne our griefs, and carried 
our sorrows : the Lord hath laid on Him the 
iniquities of us all. 

ALMIGHTY GOD, who by the Cross of Thy 
Son hast judged the world and condemned my 
sin : I judge myself in Thy sight ; because, though 
I am redeemed by so great a price, I have kept 
back so much from Thee. To-day also I have 
sinned. I fear that in some things I have even 
broken Thy law. I know that in all I have 
come short, and that in nothing have I been 
worthy of Christ. 

I remember 

I confess 

God be merciful to me. I acknowledge my 
transgressions. For Christ's sake forgive me ; for 
Christ's sake hear me. Create in me a clean 
heart, and renew a right spirit within me. 



PRIVA TE PR A YER. 



OUR FATHER 
I BELIEVE . . 



GOD of all mercy and grace, I worship Thee 
and bless Thee for the Cross of my Lord. Worthy 
is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and 
riches and wisdom and strength and honour and 
glory and blessing. Unto Him that loved us, 
and washed us from our sins in His own Blood, 
and hath made us kings and priests unto God and 
His Father — to Him be glory and dominion for 
ever and ever. 

Glory be to Thee, O God. 

O LORD JESUS CHRIST, who as on this 
sixth day of the week didst offer Thyself in 
death for the salvation of the world, I humbly 
beseech Thee that, by the virtue of Thy most 
sacred Passion, Thou wouldst blot out my sins, 
and mercifully bring me to the glory of Thy 
blessedness ; who livest and reignest God, world 
without end. Amen. 

ABIDE with me, O God, for the night is come, 
and I commit myself to Thy protection. Stretch 
out the defence of Thy providence over me, over 
this dwelling, over all that I love. Hear me for 

my friends A and B , whose griefs Thou 

knowest. I entreat Thee also for all to whom 
this night brings not rest but pain, not refreshing 
but sorrow ; and for all who to-night shall die. 



42 SHORT FORMS OF 

Be merciful, O God. Through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

I WILL both lay me down in peace and sleep : 
for Thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety. 

Glory be to the Father 

As it was 

Amen. 



Saturtiag: morning. 

Say with reverence and recollection ; 

So teach me to number my days : 

That I may apply my heart unto wisdom. 

There remaineth a rest to the people of God. 

Glory be to the Father 

As it was 

A men. 
Then humbly kneeling, say : 

OUR FATHER 

I BELIEVE 

HITHERTO hast Thou helped me, O Lord my 



PRIVA TE PR A YER. 43 

God. Now for this day also remember me with 
such kindness as in all my days I have proved. 
As I go into what it brings, suffer me to see how 
Thou hast been beforehand with me, preparing 
my way, ordering it in the great tenderness of 
Thy providence. Take out of my path the 
stumbling-blocks. Let no temptation, greater 
than I can bear, come upon me. Let no call 
of duty find me unready, or unable, or unwilling 
to see where my duty lies. Let me come to this 
night also with thanksgiving, when I have seen 
the kindness which in this day too Thou hast 
prepared for me. Through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

I EARNESTLY desire that this week do not 
end without my having reached some better thing 
during its course. I again set before me the 
resolutions which day by day I have repeated. 
I pray Thee by Thy faithful promises to help me 
to carry the recollection of them into whatever I 
go to do : — 

That I may keep my heart 

That I may keep my lips 

That I remember to avoid 

That I remember to do 

Grant that to-night I may think of these several 
things without reproach, knowing that I have not 
willingly grieved the Holy Spirit in respect of any 
of them. For Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. 



44 SHORT FORMS OF 

jYow, as formerly, look into the day, and consider 
what in its work or trial is most to be commended 
to the Divine remembrance for help and guidance 
to be granted to you. Name these things to God ; 
and say : 

HELP me, O God, in these things to be strong, 
to quit me like a man, to confess Jesus Christ, 
and to please Thee. The hearts of men are in 
Thy hand, O God ; dispose them in peaceableness 
towards me, and give me wisdom in my way. 
Through Jesus Christ our Lord. A men. 

The Almighty and Most Merciful God grant to 
me to-day, with all who love Him, quietness and 
salvation. Amen. 



Saturtiau: midday. 

For many the labour of the week is ended or ending. 
The hours that remain are for recreation. There 
is therefore the rather need of prayer ; for it is 
easier to serve God in -work than in play. Seek 
some moment to lift your soul to God ; and say : 

THY hands have made me and fashioned me : 
O give me understanding, that I may keep Thy 

law. 



PRIVATE PRAYER. 45 

I will keep Thy statutes : I will not forget Thy 
words. 

O Lord Jesus Christ, who at midday didst 
hang upon the Cross for me : suffer me not at 
any time to forget that Thy name is named upon 
me. 

Holy Spirit of God, work in me recollection and 
self-control. 

Whether I eat or drink, or whatsoever I do, let 
me do all to the glory of God. 

O keep me in Thy fear all the day. 

Glory be to the Father 

As it was 

A i)i .en. 



Saturtmu: Night. 

Place yourself in the presence of God ; kneel humbly 
before Him. Recall the events of the clay and of 
the week, what you have done and what left 
undone ; in what you have attained, and in what 
come short ; and say : 

BUT the mercies of the Lord are from ever- 
lasting to everlasting. 

There is forgiveness with Thee, that Thou 
mayest be feared. 



46 SHORT FORMS OF 

HELP me, O God, to confess my sins ; to con- 
fess them truly, contritely ; hiding nothing, ex- 
cusing nothing ; the sins of this day now ending, 
and of many days ; repeated, permitted, in care- 
lessness and levity ; therefore most guilty and 
needing great mercy. 

Against knowledge of Thy will 

Against reproof 

Against my conscience 

Against my resolve 

Though I had before repented of the same . . 

Sins of envy ; 

Sins of passion ; 

Sins of coldness ; 

Sins of indifference. 

Of all my debt I can pay Thee nothing, O God. 

Enter not into judgment with me, O Lord God. 

MAY the Almighty and Merciful God grant to 
me the pardon of sin, true repentance, amend- 
ment of my way, and the grace and consolation 
of the Holy Ghost. Through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

OUR FATHER 

I BELIEVE 



I BLESS Thee, O my God, for Thy patience, 
Thy long suffering, Thy very great forbearance, 
day after day, and often, until now. 

I thank Thee for the care and the gifts of Thy 



PRIVA TE PR A YER. 47 

providence. I praise Thee for that rest to which 
they that believe do enter by the Blood of Jesus, 
receiving the forgiveness of sins and the hope of 
salvation. 

Glory be to Thee, O God. 

LORD JESUS CHRIST who on the seventh 
day of the week didst rest in the grave, and hast 
granted that by my baptism I be buried into Thy 
death : teach me to reckon myself as dead indeed 
unto sin, but alive unto righteousness, through 
Thee, my Lord. 

GRANT me, O Lord, a quiet night, free from 
temptation, and secure in Thy defence from all 
harm. Let no evil thing have power to hurt me 
or those who are dear to me. Be pleased to have 
us in gracious and merciful remembrance. Show 
Thy compassion to all in distress. Let this night 
bring sleep to the weary, comfort to the sorrow- 
ful, healing to the sick, life eternal to those who 

die. I remember before Thee A and B ; 

I beseech Thee for them. Show us, O Lord, that 
Thou hast heard our prayers. Through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

1 WILL both lay me down in peace and sleep : 
for Thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety. 

Glory be to the Father 

As it was 

Amen. 



II. 
ZTbe 1bol£ Communion 

BEFORE AND AFTER 



Of the Need and of the Kinds of Preparation, Public 
and Private. 

Methods of Self-examination : — 

(a) By the Decalogue. 

(3) By the Creed. 

{c) By the Beatitudes. 

(d) By the Catechism. 

{e) By our Duties. 
A form of Devotion before Communion. 
A form of Devotion after Communion. 



I. 
<&i Preparation 

Before the Holy Communion. 

i. The Holy Communion is at once the high- 
est act of worship and the chiefest means of 
grace. It is first an approach to God, to do that 
for Christ's memorial which He has commanded ; 
and then it is the gift from God to us of the su- 
preme nourishment of our life in Christ. We 
commemorate before God the one Sacrifice for 
sins, showing the Lord's death with those things 
of which He has said : " This is My Body : this 
is My Blood." We plead His atonement, de- 
siring both thereby to glorify God, who so loved 
us that He spared not His own Son ; and also to 
obtain the mercy of God for Christ's sake, with 
the remission of our sins, and all other things of 
which we have need. For to show Christ' s death 
is both to present an oblation of all possible 
thanksgiving and praise, and also to urge the most 
prevailing of all prayers. And when we have 
done this, God is pleased in answer to give us 
from His Table those Holy Things which we have 
presented before Him, that we may receive them 
for our spiritual nourishment and growth in grace. 
" The Bread which we break, is it not the Com- 
munion of the Body of Christ ? The Cup of 

5i 



52 THE HOT Y COMMUNION. 

Blessing which we bless, is it not the Communion 
of the Blood of Christ ? ' ' 

2. For so great a service, so holy a ministry, so 
near a contact, we have in all cases need o>{ prepa- 
ration. Above all of a habitual preparedness, 
which stands in true faith and righteous and de- 
vout walking with God ; but also, because of our 
frailty and forgetfulness, and because we live in a 
sinful world, of special exercise in view of each 
approach to the Holy Table of the Lord. As it is 
written, ' ' Let a man examine himself ; and so let * 
him eat of that bread and drink of that cup " (i 
Cor. xi. 28). We have boldness to enter into the 
holiest by the Blood of Jesus ; but it must be, not 
only having in Baptism ' ' our bodies washed with 
pure water," but also " with a true heart, in the 
full assurance of faith" (Heb. x. 19-22). We 
must come in penitence, for ' ' the sacrifices of 
God are a broken spirit" (Ps. li. 17). And we 
must come in peace and charity with all men, 
for the Lord has said, " If thou bring thy gift to 
the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother 
hath aught against thee ; leave thou thy gift 
before the altar, and go thy way ; first be recon- 
ciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy 
gift (St. Matt. v. 23, 24). And we must come, 
having dealt faithfully with ourselves in con- 
science ; for it is written, "I will wash mine 
hands in innocency : so will I compass Thine 
altar, O Lord" (Ps. xxvi. 6). 

3. The greater the interval between our Com- 



THE HOL Y COMMUNION. 53 

munions, the more careful should be our pre- 
paration, and the more time should be given to 
it. If our practice conformed to the apostolic and 
primitive practice in the matter of frequency of 
Communion, each Communion would be in a great 
measure the preparation for the next. The 
monthly Communion, which Calvin, Knox and 
the Reformers, generally, treated as a minimum, 
would imply that we have more to remember, and 
more need to stir up grace given us. For longer 
intervals than of a month, this will hold more 
urgently true ; and preparation should then be of 
more days than one beforehand — both deliberate 
and anxious. 

But it should always be in the faith of our 
place in Christ Jesus, and in a resolve to be 
worthy of Him. We are to examine ourselves, 
and so come. We are to be reconciled with our 
brother, and so come. We are to wash in inno- 
cency, and so compass the altar. There is no 
direction in the Word of God how to stay away 
from Communion, but only how to come. 

4. Preparation may be of two kinds — public 
and private. Of these the first may be in cer- 
tain cases impossible, or less necessary ; the 
second is always necessary, and must never be 
omitted. 

(a) Public preparation usually consists of a 
service or services appointed for a day previous 
to the celebration of the Holy Sacrament. The 
Westminster Directory requires it to be observed 



54 THE HOL V COMMUNION. 

' ' where this Sacrament cannot with convenience 
be frequently administered" ; which, from the 
context, seems to mean ' ' when it is less frequent 
than weekly." 

Such services are usual ; and, where they are 
appointed, every one who intends to communi- 
cate ought to regard it as his solemn and absolute 
duty to be present, unless he is really unable to 
be there. Otherwise he implies that, while 
preparation may be needful for some, for him it 
is not needful. 

(b) Private preparation is always possible, and 
there can hardly be imagined a case in which it 
is not also requisite. It may be longer or shorter, 
as we have time, or as we have the mind, or as 
we have recently been at Communion, or not re- 
cently. But it must never be omitted. 

The foundation must be in a general prepared- 
ness of habit. One should never communicate 
without preparation. But also, one should never 
be entirely unprepared to communicate. 

There is also a preparation of circumstances. 
One should seek to be free, so far as it is possible, 
in the time immediately before the Holy Com- 
munion, from distractions and from unnecessary 
excitement. One should withdraw in a measure 
from outside things which, though innocent, are 
unhelpful to spiritual readiness, for at least one or 
two evenings before. One should arrange to be 
at liberty, if possible, to attend any public service 
of preparation ; and if at liberty, to be sure to 



THE HOL Y COMMUNION. 55 

go to it. And very specially one should consider 
whether there is any variance or quarrel to be 
adjusted. One should seek reconciliation. One 
should ask for the forgiveness of offence. One 
should forgive the wrong. 

There is a supremely important pt'cparation of 
self-examination, which should be undertaken 
deliberately and upon some system, and for 
which the suitable time is upon the Friday and 
Saturday before the Lord's Day on which you 
will communicate. 

And finally there is a devotional preparation ', 
to which some time ought to be given at the 
least on the Saturday evening, and as much 
time as can be given on the Sunday morning 
before going to the Holy Table. 



How are they that receive the Sacrament of 
the Lord'' s Supper to prepare themselves 
before they come unto it ? 

They that receive the Sacrament of the 
Lord's Supper are, before they come, to pre- 
pare themselves thereunto, by examining them- 
selves of their being in Christ, of their sins 
and wants ; of the truth and measure of their 
knowledge, faith, repentance, love to God 
and the brethren, charity to all men, for- 
giving those who have done them wrong ; of 
their desires after Christ, and of their new 
obedience ; and by renewing the exercise of 
these graces, by serious meditation and fer- 
vent prayer. — Larger Catechism, 171. 
56 



THE HOL Y COMMUNION. 57 

II. 

21 preparation 

Before receiving the Holy Communion. 

// will be helpful to prepare your mind by reading 
and considering some part of what is written 
concerning this Sacrament : 

As they were eating, Jesus took bread, and 
blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the dis- 
ciples, and said, " Take, eat ; this is My Body." 
And He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave 
it to them, saying, " Drink ye all of it ; for this is 
My Blood of the new testament, which is shed for 
many for the remission of sin." (St. Matt. xxvi. 
26-28.) (So also St. Mark xiv. 22-26 ; St. Luke 
xxii. 14-20.) 

I have rereived of the Lord that which also I 
delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same 
night in which He was betrayed took bread : and 
when He hard given thanks, He brake it, and 
said, "Take, eat; this is My Body, which is 
broken for you ; this do in remembrance of Me." 
After the same manner also He took the cup, 
when He had supped, saying, " This cup is the 



58 THE HOL Y COMMUNION. 

new testament in My Blood : this do ye, as oft as 
ye drink it, in remembrance of Me." 

For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink 
this cup, ye do show the Lord's death till He 
come. Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, 
and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall 
be guilty of the Body and Blood of the Lord. 
But let a man examine himself, and so let him 
eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he 
that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and 
drinketh judgment to himself, not discerning the 
Lord's Body. For this cause many are weak and 
sickly among you, and many sleep. For if we 
would judge ourselves, we should not be judged, 
(i Cor. xi. 23-31.) 

The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not 
the Communion of the Blood of Christ ? The 
Bread which we break, is it not the Communion 
of the Body of Christ ? For we, being many, are 
one bread and one body ; for we are all partakers 
of that one Bread. 

Behold Israel after the flesh : are not they 
which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar ? 
What say I then ? that the idol is anything, or 
that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any- 
thing ? But this I say, that the things which the 
Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not 
to God : and I would not that ye should have 
fellowship with devils. Ye cannot drink the cup 
of the Lord and the cup of devils : ye cannot 



THE HOL Y COMMUNION. 59 

be partakers of the Lord' s Table and of the table 
of devils. Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy ? 
are we stronger than He? (1 Cor. x. 16-22.) 

"I am the living Bread which came down 
from heaven : if any man eat of this Bread he 
shall live for ever ; and the Bread that I will give 
is My Flesh, which I will give for the life of the 
world. 

The Jews therefore strove among themselves, 
saying, " How can this Man give us His Flesh 
to eat ?' ' 

Then Jesus said unto them, "Verily, verily, 
I say unto you, Except ye eat the Flesh of the 
Son of man and drink His Blood, ye have no 
life in you. Whoso eateth My Flesh and drinketh 
My Blood hath eternal life, and I will raise him 
up at the last day. For My Flesh is meat in- 
deed, and My Blood is drink indeed. He that 
eateth My Flesh and drinketh My Blood dwelleth 
in Me, and I in him. As the living Father hath 
sent Me, and I live by the Father ; so he that 
eateth Me, even he shall live by Me. This is 
that Bread which came down from heaven : not 
as your fathers did eat manna and are dead : he 
that eateth of this Bread shall live for ever." 
(St. John vi. 51-58.) 

From the rising of the sun even unto the going 
down of the same My Name shall be great among 



60 THE HOL Y CO MM CXI ON. 

the Gentiles ; and in every place incense shall be 
offered unto My Name and a pure offering : for 
My Name shall be great among the heathen, saith 
the Lord of hosts. (Mai. i. u.) 

Every High Priest is ordained to offer gifts and 
sacrifices : wherefore it is of necessity that this 
Man have somewhat also to offer. (Heb. viii. 3.) 

He is the propitiation for our sins : and not 
for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole 
world. (1st John ii. 2.) 

Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter 
into the holiest by the Blood of Jesus, by a new 
and living way which He hath consecrated for us, 
through the veil, that is to say His Flesh ; and 
having an High Priest over the house of God ; let 
us draw near with a true heart in full assurance 
of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an 
evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure 
water. Let us hold fast the profession of our 
faith without wavering (for He is faithful that 
promised) ; and let us consider one another to 
provoke unto love and to good works ; not for- 
saking the assembling of ourselves together, as 
the manner of some is ; but exhorting one 
another ; and so much the more, as ye see the 
day approaching. (Heb. x. 19-25.) 






THE HOLY COMMUNION. 61 



JHct^otig of £d^IS:ramtttattcm. 

Noiu set yourself to examine your conscience, first 
humbly kneeling before God and saying : 

Lord, have mercy upon me. 
Christ, have mercy upon me. 
Lord, have mercy upon me. 

If we would judge ourselves, we should not 
be judged. I will search and try my ways, and 
turn again to the Lord. I will say of the Lord, 
He is my refuge and my fortress ; my God, in 
Him will I trust. 

Create in me a clean heart, O God ; 
And renew a right spirit within me. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and 
to the Holy Ghost ; as it was in the beginning, 
is now, and ever shall be, world without end. 
Amen. 

No?v reflect that God has chosen you, and has 
called you and sealed you to be His. Consider 
your baptism. Remember its threefold vow of 
renunciation, of faith, and of obedience. See 
your place in Christ Jesus, " accepted in the 
Beloved y engrafted into His body, and having 



62 THE HOL Y COMMUNION. 

received the Holy Ghost. Think that it is the 
good and loving zoill of God concerning you, as 
He has made you His child, so also to give you 
the kingdom. Realise your holy calling and your 
blessed hope. Behold yourself in Christ Jesus ; 
and praise the Name of the Father who has 
begotten you again by the resurrection of His Son 
our Lord : for the gifts and calling of God are 
without repentance. 

Then examine yourself of your life and conduct. 
Think -what manner of person you ought to be. 
Think whether you have been such a person. 
Thi)ik how you shall be made manifest before the 
Lord in His appearing — how yoti shall stand in 
His presence — and whether you may do so with- 
out shame. 



(a) EXAMEN BY THE COMMANDMENTS. 

Take the Commandments of God, one by one, and 
think whether, since you last communicated, you 
have kept each in thought, word, and deed ; or 
how you have broken it, or have come short 
of it. 

I. Thou shalt Have I set God always before me ? 
have no other God first ? God and His holy will 
gods before Me. aboye al} Qther thi ? 



THE HOL Y COMMUNION. 63 

II. Thou shalt Have I worshipped or secved the 
not make unto creature more than the Creator, by 
thee any 1 Jr 

graven image covetousness, worldlmess, or any 
&c. willing submission to temptation ? 

Have I loved the praise of men more than the 
honour that comes from God only ? Have I 
sought to serve two masters ? 

III. Thou shalt Have I reverenced God's holy 
not take the Name in all His ordinances? Have 
i-o"Vthy c'od I kept myself from the sin of swear- 
in vain, Ae. ing ? 

Have I remembered the Lord's 

IV. Remember , . -. TT T 

the Sabbath day to set it apart ? Have I ren- 
day to keep it dered to God the worship that is 
h0,J '' &c - His due? 

V. Honour thy Have l S iven honour to those to 
father and thy whom honour is due (especially to 
mother, Ac. parents) ? Have I remembered what 
care and consideration are due to my depen- 
dents ? 

VI. Thou shalt Have I kept myself from malice, 
•">* kill. hatred, and causeless or excessive 
anger? Have I for pleasure or for gain done 
anything to endanger or shorten human life, or 
to injure the health of others? 

VH Thou Have I shunned impurity, and 

shaft not com- been chaste in word, desire, thought, 
mit adultery. and act J on ? 



64 THE HOL Y COMMUNION. 

VIII Thou Have I been just and honest in 

shalt not buying and selling ; in employing 

stoal - others, and in serving employers ; 

giving to each his own, and content to take what 
is mine and no more ? — or have I sought the 
advantage ? 

» v mi i i* Have I spoken the truth ? Have 

IX. Thou shalt T . , r . _ TT T , 
not bear false I acted the truth ? Have 1 spoken 
witness, &c. t ^ e trut h m i ove on i y ? Have I 

feared to misrepresent ? and have I avoided 

gossip ? 

X. Thou shalt Have I desired what God has not 
not covet, &e. i n providence made mine ? Have I 
been in haste to be rich ? Have I loved the 
world ? Have I envied the good of others ? 
Have I studied contentment ? 

Ask yourself these questions one by one. When 
you remember a sin, accuse yourself of it and 

say : 

O God, I have sinned in this thing : have 
mercy upon me and heal my soul, for the sake 
of Jesus Christ. 

(b) EXAMEN BY THE CREED. 

Or, call to mind one by one the words of the 
Apostles' Creed, into the faith of which you 
are baptised ; and consider as to each whether 



THE HOL Y COMMUNION. 65 

in that you have " kept the faith" and are 

" in the faith ' ' .• 

Have I walked as a man may who believes 
in God ? who believes that God is Father ? that 
God is Almighty ? that God is Maker of heaven 
and earth, so that all is His, and all ruled by 
one holy law ? 

Have I walked as a man may who believes in 
Jesus ? who believes that He is the Christ ? who 
believes that He is the only Son of God ? who 
believes that He is our Lord ? 

Am I living as one who believes in the In- 
carnation ? — that God has taken humanity into 
the Godhead ; honouring manhood ; reverencing 
womanhood ; sanctifying the flesh ; keeping my 
own body — as a man may live who believes that 
the Son of God became man, being conceived by 
the Holy Ghost and born of a pure Virgin ? 

Have I lived as a man ought who believes 
that the Son of God suffered ? as a man may 
who worships the Crucified ? as a man ought who 
believes that he is redeemed and pardoned 
through the Cross of his Lord ? 

Have I lived as one who believes that his 
Lord and God died that he might live — not to 
himself, but to Him who loved him and gave 
Himself for him ? 

Have I such victory over the fear of the grave 
as one should have who believes that the Son 
of God was buried among our dead ? in such 



66 THE HOL Y COMMUNION. 

mindfulness of my ' ' burying with Him in my 
baptism " ? in such fearlessness of death ? in 
such reverence and tenderness for the dead in 
Christ ? 

Have I lived as a man may who believes that 
Christ is risen from the dead ? am I walking in 
newness of life ? do I know the power of His 
Resurrection ? am I strong in the hope of a real 
immortality ? am I seeking a good resurrection ? 

Am I walking as one who believes that the 
Son of man is at the right hand of God ? has 
my heart gone with Him to the heavenly things ? 

Do I live as one must live who believes that 
Christ's feet will stand again upon the earth ? 
have I received the blessed hope of His kingdom 
and appearing ? do I love it ? do I watch for it ? 

Have I lived as a man must live who believes 
that he will be judged ? that he will be judged 
by the Lord Jesus Christ, who knows man 
through and through, and who knows what a 
man in earnest can do against temptation ? who 
believes that he must give account of the deeds 
done in the flesh, and receive them again, good 
or evil ? 

Have I lived as a man may who believes that 
the Holy Ghost is come ? who believes that He 
abides in the Church ? who believes that his own 
body is the temple of the Holy Ghost ? 

Have I lived as becomes one who believes in 
the Church ? who believes that it is holy ? who 
believes that it is Catholic ? 



THE 110 L Y COMMUNION. 67 

Have I lived as a man should who believes in 
the Communion of the Saints ? in the fellowship 
of all who are Christ's — of all the living who love 
the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity and truth — 
and of all the dead, who have died in Him ? 
have I lived in such charity, in such faith, in 
such hope ? 

Have I lived as a man may live who believes 
in the forgiveness of sin ? and therefore in the 
peace of reconciliation to God ? in such penitence 
as one feels for sin forgiven ? in such holy fear 
of repeating sin that has been forgiven ? in such 
carefulness to kill out confessed sin ? in such joy 
of forgiveness ? 

Have I lived as a man must who believes that 
the dead rise again ? who believes that he him- 
self shall return to a real life ? who believes that 
his body as well as his soul is redeemed and is 
holy to God ? 

Have I lived as he can live who believes in 
life everlasting ? — a life which he already has, 
because he is in Christ, and which will carry him 
through death into an eternity with Christ? 

Hive I believed these things? and have I 
allowed my belief in them to govern my conduct ? 



And as often as you remember any action, any 
thought, any neglect of duty, any failure to 
obey, any submission to temptation, or any fear, 
which has witnessed to your want of faith, or to 



68 THE HOL Y COMMUNION. 

your forgctfulness of xvhat you believe, then 
accuse yourself of it to God, and say : 

O God, I have sinned in this thing : for the 
sake of Christ have mercy upon me and heal my 
soul. Lord, increase my faith. Lord, help my 
unbelief. 

(<f) EXAMEN BY THE BEATITUDES. 

Or, again, consider one by one the Beatitudes of 
our Blessed Saviour, and bethink you how it 
stands with you in respect of their promises : 

"Blessed are the poor in spirit" saith the Lord : 
am I one of them ? or have I been proud, ready 
to assert myself, insisting upon my due ? May I 
believe that it is well with me, and that the 
kingdom of heaven is mine ? 

"Blessed are they that mourn" saith the Lord : 
am I one of them ? have I mourned for my sin ? 
do I grieve for the evil that is done ? do I bear 
Christ's sorrows in my heart? May I think that 
it is well with me, because I shall be comforted 
in His joy ? 

"Blessed arc the meek" saith the Lord: have 
I shown myself such ? gentle and easy to be en- 
treated ? forbearing ? slow to take offence ? May 
I think that it is well with me, because when 
Christ's kingdom comes, I shall inherit? 

' 'Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after 



THE HOL Y COMMUNION. 69 

righteousness ; ' ' saith the Lord : am I one of 
them ? do I earnestly long to be right with God, 
and to do right and see right done on earth ? 
May I think that it is well with me, because I 
shall be filled with righteousness ? 

"Blessed are the merciful,'" saith the Lord : am 
I one of them ? — showing pity ? forgiving ? sparing 
wrong-doers ? ready to perceive suffering ? ready- 
to help ? May I think that it is well with me, 
because I shall obtain mercy from God ? 

"Blessed are the pure in heart" saith the 
Lord : am I one of them ? To be pure in act 
has its own reward — but not this blessing. May 
I think that therefore it is well with me, because 
I shall see God ? 

"Blessed arc the peace-makers" saith the 
Lord : am I one of them ? do I help to make 
quietness and rest of spirit where I go ? — in the 
Church? with my fellows? in my household? 
among my friends ? Or am I of those who stir 
dispeace and promote restlessness, and who are 
followed by anxiety, and round whom strife grows 
up ? May I think that it is well with me, because 
I shall be reckoned one of the children of the 
very God of Peace ? 

il Blessed are they which are persecuted for 
righteousness* sake," saith the Lord : am I at 
least ready to suffer for the right ? have I ever 
found need or occasion to lose anything by 
standing out for the right, or by refusing to do 
wrong? May 1 think that it is well with me 



70 THE II OL V COM MUX I ON. 

therefore, and that the kingdom of heaven is 
mine ? 

Wherever your heart bears you witness, the Spirit 
of God testifying with your spirit that you are 
His, give God the glory and thank Him ; say : 

It is Thy gift, God ; Thou only hast wrought 
all our works in us. 

But as often as you perceive your shortcoming, 
accuse yourself of it to God ; say ; 

By my own fault I have failed of this grace. 
Have mercy upon me, O God, and for Christ's 
sake heal my soul. Give me diligence to lay 
hold of eternal life. 

(d) Exam en by the Catechism. 

Or, again, set before you the words of the Cate- 
chism, and examine yourself of your knowl- 
edge to discern the Lord's Body, of your faith 
to feed upon Him, of your repentance, love, 
and new obedience, your charity to all men, 
and your forgiving those who have done you 
wrong. See how many things this will sho7i> you 
for which to thank God ; and hena many for 
which you must grieve, for which you must make 
amends, or which you must diligently correct ; 
and confess, and repent, and pray. 



THE HOL Y COMMUNION. 71 

(<?) EXAMEN BY OUR DUTIES. 

Or, once more, consider your duty to God, your- 
self, and your neighbour ; and deal with your- 
self as to your carefulness and obedience in respect 
of each. 

1. Have I kept myself in the love of God? 
-(St. Jude 21.) 

Have I failed — 

To keep His commandments ? — (St. John 

xv. 9, 10.) 
To keep the faith ? — (2 Tim. iv. 7.) 
To endeavour to keep the unity of the 

Spirit in the bond of peace with my 

fellow-Christians? — (Eph. iv. 3.) 
Have I neglected prayer, or forsaken 

church attendance? — (1 Thess. v. 17; 

Heb. x. 25.) 
Have I failed or come short in Christian 

giving? — (Heb. xiii. 16.) 

2. Have I sinned against my neighbour — 

By leading him into sin ? 

By untruthfulness ? 

By unkindness or want of thought ? 

By evil speaking ? 

By covetousness ? 

By selfishness ? 

By lack of diligence in his service ? 



72 THE HOL Y COMMUNION. 

By dishonesty ? 

By neglect of any duty to him ? 

3. Have I sinned against my own soul or 
body — 

By indifference to the voice of wisdom 

and righteousness ? 
By impurity ? 

By sloth, intemperance in food or in drink, 
or other self-indulgence ? 

As often as you remember fault or sin, name it to 
God, accuse yourself of it ; and say : 

I repent of this thing— this thing that I did 
wrongly— this thing in which I did not do 
rightly. If it is possible, I will make amends. 
For the time to come, I will keep myself, not 
to do this evil— to do this that I have omitted. 
For Christ's sake, O God, have mercy upon me, 
and heal my soul. 

Having completed your self-examination after one 
of these or the like methods, consider to what 
particular resolution you are led by it : as to a 
fault of temper, speech, &>c, which you will 
correct ; a rveakness of desire or of habit which 
you -will reform ; a neglect of duty or omission of 
diligence ; a temptation which has overcome you 
— or a cause of te?nptation to be henceforth 



THE HOLY COMMUNION. 73 

avoided. It is often well to write down such 
resolves and to read them at your next self- 
examination. At the least, record them in your 
memory, and set them deep in your heart. 
Then, still kneeling, call tipon God, and say ; 

I CONFESS to Thee, O God, the Father, the 
Son, and the Holy Ghost, and before the whole 
company of heaven, that I have sinned grievously 
in thought, word, and deed ; and especially . . . 
I confess that I have come short of Thy glory in 
all things, and in many things of that which 

I knew to be right ; especially in not 

I judge myself, I repent, I pray to be forgiven. 
Pardon me, O God — for Christ's sake pardon my 
sins, my negligences, m v y ignorances. 

O keep me back from my old sins. Suffer 
me not to return to things of which I am 
ashamed. I have vowed again to Thee. Give 
me steadfastness. 

[O help me to return upon the evil that I have 
done ; if it is possible to undo it, to make amends 
for it — by restitution, by confession, by seeking 
reconciliation. Give me courage, O God, to do 
this.] 

[Grant also pardon and restoration to any 
whom I have led into sin, or who have been 
my companions in sin. And let not them that 
seek Thee be ashamed for my sake, O Lord God 
of Israel.] 

Help me to look upon the duties I have 



74 THE HOL Y COMMUNION. 

neglected, the tasks that I have passed by, the 
work which I have slothfully refused ; and to 
remember the graces which I have failed to stir 
up within me ; that I may become complete in 
Christ Jesus. 

I commend myself to the strong help of the 
Holy Ghost. Most Blessed and Holy Spirit, 
hear me ; cease not to strive with me ; turn 
me, and I shall be turned ; work in me mightily 
according to Thy good pleasure. 

I am Thine : save me : 

For I have sought Thy precepts. 

OUR FATHER 



And say of these Psalms — vi., xxxii., xxxviii., 
li., ctt. t ex xx., exliii., which are called Peni- 
tential — one or more. 



May one who doabteth of his being in Christ, 
or of his due preparation, come to the 
Lord 's Supper ? 

One who doubteth of his being in Christ, 
or of his due preparation to the Sacrament of 
the Lord's Supper, may have a true interest 
in Christ, though he be not yet assured there- 
of; and in God's account hath it, if he be 
duly affected with the apprehension of the 
want of it, and unfeignedly desires to be 
found in Christ, and to depart from iniquity ; 
in which case (because promises are made, 
and this Sacrament is appointed, for the 
relief even of weak and doubting Christians), 
he is to bewail his unbelief, and labour to 
have his doubts resolved ; and so doing, he 
may and ought to come to the Lord's Supper, 
that he may be further strengthened. — Larger 
Catechism, 172. 

75 



76 THE HOL Y COMMUNION. 

III. 

^rtbate ©fbotions 

Before the Holy Communion. 

// is well to dispose the mind to devotion by the 
deliberate reading of some part of the Holy 
Scriptures: as Exod. x/'i., Isa. liii., Ixi., Ixii., 
St. John TV., xiv.-xvii., xx., St. Luke xxiv., 
Rom. v., viii., I Cor. xiii., Eph. Hi., iv., Phil, 
ii., I Thess. iv., v., I St. John iv., Rev. i., v., 
xx i., xxii. ; or the like. 

Then humbly kneeling, place yourself in the pres- 
ence of God, and say : 

WHEREWITHAL shall I come before God, 
or bow myself before the high God ? 

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit : 

A broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou 
wilt not despise. 

Glory be to the Father 

As it was 

O let me taste and see that the Lord is good. 

The Lord is my Shepherd ; I shall not want. 

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures : 
He leadeth me beside the still waters. 

He restoreth my soul : He leadeth me in the 
paths of righteousness for His Name's sake. 



THE HOLY COMMUNION. 77 

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the 
shadow of death, I will fear no evil : for Thou 
art with me ; Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort 
me. 

Thou preparest a table before me in the pres- 
ence of mine enemies : Thou anointest my head 
with oil ; my cup runneth over. 

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all 
the days of my life : and I will dwell in the house 
of the Lord for ever. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to 
the Holy Ghost ; as it was in the beginning, is 
now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 

let me taste and see that the Lord is good. 
Blessed is the man that trusteth in Him. 

1 AM not worthy, O Lord ; I am not worthy of 
the least of all Thy mercies. Yet Thou preparest 
(or me the greatest. Thou hast called me ; 
therefore I come. I have not chosen Thee, but 
Thou hast chosen me. I love Thee, for Thou 
hast first loved me. O let Thy grace be suf- 
ficient for me, that I may acceptably help to 
celebrate Thy most high worship, and without 
condemnation have part in ministering before 
Thee ; and that without displeasing Thee in any- 
thing I may receive and feed upon my Lord, who 
gives Himself to be the Bread of my life. 

I am not sufficient for these things, O God ; 
but my sufficiency is of the Lord. Let me be 
found in Him, not having mine own righteous- 



78 THE HOL Y COMMUNION. 

ness, but the righteousness of Christ which is by 
faith. 

I REPENT of my sins. I am grieved because 
I have offended Thee, most loving and merciful 
God. I am grieved because I have been so un- 
worthy of Christ. I am grieved because I have 
so constantly hindered the Holy Ghost. 

I am of God : He has called me His child : 
yet I have done amiss continually. I am re- 
deemed by the Blood of Jesus, my Lord ; I am a 
member of Him ; I am His very own, and for 
His sake I am accepted of God : yet I have gone 
in my own way, as if I were free as regards Him. 
The Holy Ghost is given to me ; He witnesses 
with me : my body is His temple ; yet I have 
been unholy. God have mercy upon me. I 
abhor myself and repent. 

GOD so loved the world that He spared not 
His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all. 
God spared not His own Son. His own Son. 

LORD, I believe : help Thou mine unbelief. I 
believe that Thou art the Christ, the Son of the 
living God. I believe in Thy love for me, and 
that for me Thou hast died. I believe that Thy 
sacrifice is accepted and prevails for me. I 
believe that Thou art a propitiation for my sin, 
and for the sin of the whole world. I go to show 
Thy death. I go to make a memorial of Thee 



THE HOL Y COMMUNION. 79 

before the Father. Teach me to know this mys- 
tery. 

I LOVE Thee, who hast loved me and gavest 
Thyself for me. I adore Thee, Immanuel, God 
with us. I love Thee for what Thou hast done 
and suffered. I love Thee for what Thou art. I 
bless Thee, by whom I have received the atone- 
ment. 

IF, when we were enemies, we were reconciled 
to God by the death of His Son, much more, 
being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. 

I WORSHIP Thee, Lord Jesus, who vouch- 
safest in the humility of a Sacrament to be present 
with us. I bless Thee, who comest forth in a 
mystery to feed Thy people with the spiritual food 
of Thine own Body and Blood. Give me, O 
Lord, a heart to hunger and thirst for Thee, 
faith to feed upon Thee, grace to be holy for Thy 
abiding in me and I in Thee. 

I love the Lord. 

What shall I render unto the Lord for all His 
benefits toward me ? 

I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon 
the name of the Lord. 

I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the 
presence of all His people. 

O Lord, truly I am Thy servant ; I am Thy 



8o THE HOL Y COMMUNION. 

servant, and the son of Thine handmaid ; Thou 
hast loosed my bonds. 

I will offer to Thee the sacrifice of thanks- 
giving, and will call upon the name of the Lord. 

I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the 
presence of all His people. 

In the courts of the Lord's house, in the midst 
of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to 
the Holy Ghost ; as it was in the beginning, is 
now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 

I love the Lord : 

Because He hath heard my voice and my 
supplications. 



OUR FATHER 



GRANT, O Lord, that at thy Holy Table I may 
be able to make a true offering of myself to Thee, 
keeping back nothing. Grant me power to open 
the door of my heart to Him who knocketh, that He 
may come in and feast with me and I with Him. 

Now consider what special thing you will desire 
to entreat from God when the sacrifice of Christ 
is commemorated; for what mercy you will give 
thanks, when thanksgiving is made for all the 
goodness of God ; or what name you will name 
in your heart, when the great intercession is pre- 
sented. For at His Holy Table He, as King, 



THE HOL Y COMMUNION. 81 

kolds out to us the sceptre which is in His hand, 
saying, " What wilt thou ? and what is thy re- 
quest ?" Let us therefore be ready, each with 
his prayer, and say : 

REMEMBER me, Lord, with the favour which 
Thou hast shown unto Thine own, for to-day I will 
ask this thing of Thee. 

Be mindful also to entreat God for those who 
shall fninister in holy things; for all who 
shall communicate-; for whoever is known to 
you as in special need of grace to receive 
the Holy Sacrament worthily ; and for 
those hindered in God' 's providence from 
communicating. 

O LORD GOD, who art good and gracious ; 
who knittest Thy Saints in One in the mystical 
body of Thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord : cleanse, 
we pray Thee, our souls and bodies from every 
defilement of the flesh and spirit, and enable us 
to present ourselves before Thee unblamed and 
uncondemned. Strengthen in the Holy Ghost 
those who to-day minister in the Name of the 
Lord at His Holy Table. Grant to all who with 
us are made partakers of these holy mysteries, 
that they may love and serve Thee all their days, 
and be delivered from every evil, and dwell at 
last in the house of the Lord for ever. 



82 THE HOT Y COMMUNION. 

I commend to Thee A and B , be- 
seeching Thee that they may find acceptance 
and blessing to-day in this Holy Communion. 

I pray for C and D , that though they 

cannot be present with us to receive the Sacra- 
ment, they may be remembered in heaven, and 
be comforted and fed in the Communion of the 
Holy Ghost. 

And I commend myself to Thy mercies, which 
are infinite, in the name of Jesus Christ, our 
Lord. Amen. 

He who communicates should endeavour to come to 
the Lord's Table, not only with spiritual pre- 
paredness, but in all things worthily — with such 
reverence and deliberation as become so great a 
service — ready in mind and body as well as in 
soul for that which is higher and holier than 
anything else in this world. Therefore on such 
a day 'we should rise earlier, so as to have due 
time for private and family devotions. We 
should be without haste, preserving quietness 
and Christian gravity. We should prepare our 
offering with careful respect to the object for 
which it is invited, and our own means of 
giving. We should go betimes to the House of 
God ; and as we go we may remember such words 
as these : 

This is a faithful saying and worthy of all 



THE HOLY COMMUNION. 83 

acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the 
world to save sinners. 

If any man sin we have an Advocate with the 
Father, even Jesus Christ the righteous. 

Come unto me (saith the Lord) all ye that labour 
and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 

I will go in the strength of the Lord God : 
I will make mention of Thy righteousness, even 
of Thine only. 

He hath made us accepted in the Beloved. 

// is due unto the Lord that the communicant 
should foil oiv the entire service as a participant, 
and not as an onlooker. Its actions are his 
also, although performed representatively by 
presbyter ordained thereto. During the pauses 
for silent prayer which occur in the prayer of 
consecration, he ought at the first to offer him- 
self to God with entreaty for his own need as 
it is known to him ; and at the second to name 
in his heart to God the special request which he 
has prepared, and the special intercession for 
any whom he desires to name before God. It is 
of reverence that he should receive the conse- 
crated elements with bare hands, and touch them 
with care. While others are communicating, 
his soul should be most earnestly occupied in 
supplication before himself receiving; and in 
thanksgiving, and blessing, and holy resolve after 
he has received. 



84 THE HOL Y COMMUNION. 

Prtbate JBtfwtion* 

After the Holy Communion. 

Return from the House of God without delay, 
and if possible without distraction. Avoid, in 
so far as is practicable, common converse and 
ordinary concerns, tintil you have sought the 
Father who seeth in secret, and have given 
thanks to Him. One shotild endeavour to go 
straight home from church, and then straight to 
the closet ; and with thanksgiving to join prayer 
to be kept of God abiding in Christ ; that as the 
three Hebrew youths walked safely in the fiery 
furnace, because with them was One like unto 
the Son of Man, so we may walk safely in an 
evil world, and be untouched by its fierce 
temptations. Therefore stand before God : and 
say : 

O ALL ye works of the Lord, bless ye the 
Lord : 

Praise Him and magnify Him for ever. 

O all ye angels of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : 

Praise Him and magnify Him for ever. 

O ye heavens, bless ye the Lord : 

Praise Him and magnify Him for ever. 

O let the earth bless the Lord : 



THE HOL Y COMMUNION. 85 

Yea, let it praise Him and magnify Him for 
ever. 

O ye children of men, bless ye the Lord : 

Praise Him and magnify Him for ever. 

O let Israel bless the Lord : 

Praise Him and magnify Him for ever. 

O ye priests of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : 

Praise Him and magnify Him for ever. 

ye servants of the Lord, bless ye the Lord. 

Praise Him and magnify Him for ever. 

O ye spirits and souls of the righteous, bless ye 
the Lord : 

Praise Him and magnify Him for ever. 

ye holy and humble men of heart, bless ye 
the Lord : 

Praise Him and magnify Him for ever. 

Glory be to the Father 

As it was 

Amen. 

PRAISE ye the Lord : praise God in His 
sanctuary ; praise Him in the firmament of His 
power. 

Praise Him for His mighty acts : praise Plim 
according to His excellent greatness. 

Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet : 
praise Him with the psaltery and harp. 

Praise Him with the timbrel and dance : praise 
Him with stringed instruments and organs. 

Praise Him upon the loud cymbals : praise Him 
upon the high-sounding cymbals. 



86 THE HOL Y COMMUNION. 

Let everything that hath breath praise the 
Lord. Praise ye the Lord. 

Glory be to the Father 

As it was 

Amen. 

LORD, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart 
in peace, according to Thy word : 

For mine eyes have seen Thy salvation : 

Which Thou hast prepared before the face of 
all people : 

A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory 
of Thy people Israel. 

Glory be to the Father 

As it was 

Amen. 

Then kneel before God, and say : 

I BLESS Thee and adore Thee, Almighty God, 
who of mercy unsearchable and for Thy con- 
descension to our need hast vouchsafed to feed 
us with this heavenly and spiritual food, making 
us verily partakers of Jesus Christ Thy Son. 

Let me not by my unworthiness receive hurt or 
condemnation thereby, but only the grace pre- 
pared by Thee for me. Let this Holy Communion 
be to me a guard and defence — a separation from 
the world — a shield against temptation — a wall 
against evil — the nourishment of all good which 
Thou hast wrought in me — the confirmation of all 
grace bestowed upon me. 



THE HOL V COMMUNION. 87 

Grant me thereby quietness of heart, vigour of 
resolve, fervency of love to Thee, zeal towards 
my Lord, charity towards all men. 

Through Jesus Christ. Amen. 

Nozo call to mind whatever special resolution you 
offered to God at His Holy Table ; establish it in 
your mind; confirm your ptirpose ; and say : 

LET this Holy Communion be to me, O God, 
a beginning of better things, as if only now I 
began to know Thee. Let me now and hence- 
forth forsake that which has tempted me. Let 
me now and henceforth do those things that I 
have perceived to be of Thy will for me : by the 
grace of the Holy Ghost and the intercession of 
Jesus Christ. Amen. 

Recall as well that thing which, it may be, you 
entreated of the Lord in the silence of your own 
prayers during the Sacrament, and those persons 
and causes for which you have then in the secret 
of the Lord interceded, and say : 

Let my prayer, O my God, be remembered in 
heaven. Suffer me to see Thy hand put forth 
for me. 

Let the unworthiness of my intercession be 
forgiven in the power of our Lord's offering of 
Himself. Those whom I have named in Thy 



88 THE HOL Y COMMUNION. 

presence, think Thou of them for good, merci- 
ful Lord. 

And let your prayer for yourself be urgent : 

O LORD JESUS CHRIST, Thou art the 
Shepherd. I am but one of Thy foolish and 
erring sheep. Keep me, for I am not able to 
keep myself. Bear with me, for Thou knewest 
my infirmity even in that hour when Thou gavest 
Thyself for me. Suffer not therefore that I, who 
am the purchase of Thy blood, fall from Thee. 

Who livest and reignest. Amen. 

MAY our Lord, of His great mercy, grant 
to me, with all who love Him, rest and peace. 
A men. 

And remember, at the hour of everting prayer, to 
return to the House of God, and then to give 
thanks with your brethren. "Were there not 
ten cleansed? but where are the nine?" 



III. 
Bibs to flntercesBfon 



i. Scheme for Daily Use. 

2. Scheme for Use on Sunday Morning. 

3. Scheme for the Days of a Week. 

4. The Same, arranged according to Events of Holy 

Week. 

5. The Same, arranged according to the Words from 

the Cross. 

6. Additional Intercessory Prayers. 






Intercession ought to have a constant place in 
daily devotion. It should be a fixed part of our 
prayers " night and day " — before we sleep, and 
before we go out to our labour. But it should 
also be endeavoured from time to time with more 
deliberation and completeness, as from time to 
time we have opportunity. To many who have 
leisure the midday hour will be found of all the 
most suitable. Others may give some additional 
time for this in the evening. At least the quiet 
hours of Sunday morning will give their oppor- 
tunity to almost all who desire opportunity ; and 
that is a time when Intercession is needed by very 
many, when subjects for it crowd upon the atten- 
tion, and when for the most part we are ready in 
spirit to pray, and also when we may know that 
we are not alone in prayer. Again, on return 
from public service on the Lord's Day, we may 
often find that the circumstances of worship have 
laid upon our hearts matters for Intercession, 
and that great benefit to ourselves also is secured 
by some early retirement to commune of them 
with God. 

Intercession is an exercise in which we espe- 
cially require the help of previous purpose, and 
of guides for thought and of aids to recollection. 
No scheme can meet all the wants of the indi- 



92 AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 

vidual. Each must know best for whom he feels 
that he is called to be a remembrancer before the 
Mercy-Seat. But there are subjects of prayer 
common to us all ; and for the rest the reader is 
counselled to fill in for himself the blank lines 
left in the following pages with subjects of inter- 
cession and with names of persons for whom he 
desires to prevail with God. 

To some it may seem best to divide these 
matters into groups appropriated to the several 
days of the week ; while others may prefer to 
use a single list ; and provision is made for both 
practices. 






Intercession. 

" I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplica- 
tions, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, 
be made for all men." — (i Tim. ii. I.) 

"Pray for the peace of Jerusalem." — (Ps. 
exxii. 6.) 

"Pray one for another." — (St. James v. 16.) 

" Pray for us." — (2 Thess. iii. 1.) 

" Pray for them which despitefully use you." 
—(St. Matt. v. 44.) 

" Men ought always to pray, and not to faint." 
— (St. Luke xviii. 1.) 

" Lord, teach us to pray." — (St. Luke xi. 1.) 

"There was given unto Him much incense, 
that He should offer it with the prayers of all 
saints upon the golden altar which was before the 
Throne." — (Rev. viii. 3.) 

93 



i. SCHEME OF INTERCESSION 

(Daily). 

For the universal Church : 

For the restoration of visible unity. 

For the increase of grace by the Holy Ghost. 

For the preservation of the orthodox faith. 

For the reformation of error. 

For the restoration of order out of confusion. 

For the perfecting of the saints. 

For the edification of the Body of Christ. 
Until we all come unto the unity of the faith 
and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a 
perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the 
fulness of Christ. 

For the spread of the Kingdom of God : 

For Missions to the Jews and to heathen : 

Especially and 

For Missionaries : 

Especially 



For their converts, and the churches gath- 
ered to their word : for grace to abound to 
those who are babes in Christ, according 
to their need. 

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AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 95 

For Home Missions, and for the lapsed and 
lapsing in our own country. 

For this Parish : 

For its Minister 

For the good works of the Church here, and 
for those who serve God in them : 

Especially 



For one's own family : 
Parents. 

Wife (or husband). 
Children. 
Brothers. 
Sisters. 

Especially . . 



For friends in need : 
Especially 



For those who have desired our prayers : 



96 AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 

Concerning matters of which we have agreed 
with others to pray : 



For persons in trial : 
Especially . . 



For persons for whose spiritual condition one is 
concerned : 
Being tempted. 
Being careless. 
Being unstable in faith. 
Having gone back from faith. 
Growing cold in love. 
Having sinned. 



For those with whom we are at variance ; for 
power to forgive ; for reconciliation. 

For those who wrong us. 

For all whom we have not named, or have 
omitted, but for whom it is God's will that 
He be besought of us. 



AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 97 

2. SCHEME OF INTERCESSION 

(For Sunday Morning). 

For all men : that the way of the Lord be pre- 
pared in the earth ; that God be patient 
with men, yet hasten His Kingdom in 
Christ. 

For all who love the Lord Jesus Christ : that 
grace, mercy, and peace be with them. 

For all to-day gathered to the Holy Name of the 
Lord Jesus : that their worship be accepted. 

For all who to-day show the Lord's death, and 
make memorial of Him : that their petitions 
be granted ; that their intercessions prevail ; 
and that we have part in the answer. 

For all ministers of the Lord to-day serving Him 
in their holy office : that they may minister 
in the power of the Holy Ghost. 

For evangelists, and all who to-day seek the 
erring, teach the ignorant, or labour to re- 
cover the lapsed. 

For choristers, organists, precentors, readers, 
and all others who take part in the conduct 
of the worship of Almighty God. 

For the minister of God who is steward of His 
mysteries for me : that he may abound in 
grace, be apt to teach, be strong and glad in 
his duties, and be comforted in the fruit of 
his ministry. 



98 AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 

For this parish : that godliness may abound, 
family religion be strengthened, intemperance 
and impurity be cast out. 

For the church where I worship : its congrega- 
tion, its schools, guilds, classes, choir, and 
other fellowships of Christian work. 

For the day-schools here ; for their teachers and 
children : that religion may flourish in them, 
be rightly taught and heartily believed ; and 
that the children may grow in grace and 
understanding. 

For all to-day hindered from taking part in public 
worship — by home duties — by poverty — by 
care of children — by care of the sick — by 
sickness, frailty, or old age. 

For the aged ; the tender infants ; for women 
travailing of child ; for travellers by land or 
sea ; for strangers, friendless and homeless 
persons. 

For all prisoners ; all in lunatic asylums, work- 
houses, or infirmaries ; and that kindness be 
raised up for them. 

For young men and maidens : that they may 
keep innocency ; and that they may be 
steadfast in faith, and observant of devout 
custom. 

For all to-day neglecting to pray, forsaking the 
assembly of worship, profaning the Lord's 
Day, or refusing correction. 

For all for whom there is none to pray : that 
nevertheless they be mercifully remembered 



AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 99 

in the presence of God through the interces- 
sions of the Lord Jesus Christ. 



3. SCHEME OF INTERCESSION 

(For a Week). 

The Holy Catholic Church : 
Its rulers. 
Its ministries. 
Its faithful people. 

The Church in the United States of America : 
Its courts. 
Its ministries. 
Its eldership. 
Its parishes and congregations. 



This parish : 
Its minister. 
Its office-bearers. 



d AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 

Its church-workers — 
In choir. 

In Sunday schools, &c. 
In mission work. 
In visiting. 



Its communicants. 
Its youth. 
Its children. 
Its afflicted. 

The lapsed and careless here : 
The intemperate. 
The fallen and wandering. 



Special names to be remembered : 



ftlonbtuj. 



This household : 

Husband (or wife). 
Children. 
Servants. 
Guests. 



AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 101 

Relatives : near me, and whom I often see ; or 

far off, and strange to me, yet of my blood. 
The aged of my kindred. 
The sick and afflicted of my kindred. 



Those of my kindred who are in foreign lands. 



Those of them who are in dangerous positions. 

Those of them who are in spiritual need or 
peril. 



©uestmij. 

My friends and companions : 
Especially 

Employers. 

Those employed by me : 

Especially 

Those employed with me : 
Especially 

My benefactors : 



102 AIDS TO IXTERCESSION. 

My dependents : 



Those whom I can help : 
In material things. 
By counsel. 
By example. 
By rebuke. 
By praise. 
By influence. 
By protection. 



Those who trust me. 

Those to whom I owe duty or honour. 



illfbncsbaij. 

Cases known to me : 
Of sorrow. 
Poverty. 
Sickness. 
Temptation. 
Loneliness. 

Trouble of conscience. 
Anxiety of mind. 
Hardness of soul. 
Resistance of conviction. 



AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 103 

Falling back from grace. 
Perplexity as to duty. 
Desire to come to God. 
Effort to reform. 
Enslavement to vice. 



©Ijursbaij, 

For those engaged in good works : 

The missions and missionaries — 
(a) Of the universal Church. 
\b) Of this Church. 
For Missions abroad : 
For Home Missions : 

In the West. 

In the new possessions. 

In the older States. 

Among the Freedmen. 
For those engaged in temperance work. 
For those engaged in rescue work. 
For those engaged in evangelistic work : 

Continuously. 

In special missions. 
For those engaged in orphanages, shelters, alms- 
houses, refuges, &c. 
For visitors of the sick and poor. 



AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 



Jrtboij, 



For the world for which Christ died : 
The heathen. 
Moslems. 
Buddhists. 
Jews. 

For the baptised who do not believe : 
The unconverted. 
The lapsed. 

Those who have lost first love. 
Those who have fallen into sin. 
Those who will not repent. 
Those who will not confess. 
Those who will not forgive. 
Those who are entangled in the world. 



For the opponents of Christianity : 
Atheists. 
Sceptics. 
Agnostics. 
Materialists. 
False teachers. 
Heretics. 
Those who confuse the truth. 



AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 105 



For increase of grace in the Church : as — 

Faith in the unseen, the eternal, the super- 
natural. 

Reverence and love of the Scriptures. 

Obedience to authority. 

Power in prayer. 

Joy in worship. 

Reverence for holy things. 

Regard for the Sacraments. 

Improvement of baptism. 

Care for the young. 

Piety in families. 

Honour of parents. 

Zeal for missions. 

Readiness to abound in offerings. 

Faithfulness in consecrating the Lord's 
portion. 

Penitence for schism. 

Desire for unity. 

Readiness to receive one another. 

The faith and hope of the Advent. 



106 AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 

4. SCHEME OF INTERCESSION 

(For a Week). 

{Arranged on the basis of Holy Week.) 

Sunbnij. 

For the coming of the Lord in His kingdom. 

That the Church may prepare herself. 

That we may be able to abide His appearing, 



Ponbmj. 

For the cleansing of the Temple from- 
Heresy. 
Will-worship. 
Error. 

Money-changing. 
Simony. 
Sacrilege. 



fcuesbaij. 



For all who witness for truth and right. 

For all entangled in strife and debate for Christ's 

sake. 
For all who cavil against the truth. 



AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 107 



bitesbaij. 



For the lonely and burdened. 
For all who seek strength in prayer. 
For all striving to be true to Christ. 
For all who have been untrue to Him. 



SHjursbmj. 

For the increase of love and charity. 

For the increase of humility. 

For a greater hunger and thirst for Christ, com- 
municated in the Holy Sacrament. 

For more frequent celebration of the Holy Com- 
munion. 

For faithfulness in preparation for the Holy 
Communion. 

For all persons endeavouring to bow to the will 
of God. 



Jribatj. 

For the dying. 

For all who are merciful to the dying. 

For all who care for the dead with reverence. 

For oppressors and persecutors. 

For those who scoff. 

For those wh<> revile. 

For those who pass Christ by. 



io8 AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 

Saturbmj. 

For the bereaved. 

For those who bury their dead. 

For widows and orphans. 

For those who minister to such. 

Thankful remembrance — with faith, and love, 
and hope — of those who are to-day in 
Paradise. 

For the appearing of our Lord, and with Him of 
His Saints, in the power of the Resurrection. 



5. SCHEME OF INTERCESSION 

(For a Week). 
{Arranged according to the Words from the Cross.) 

Sunbmj (" Father, forgive them "). 

For all sinners : 

Sinful, because ignorant. 

Sinful, because untaught in the law of God. 

Cruel and brutish persons. 

Persecutors of Christ in His servants. 



AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 109 

For all who have wronged me : 

Who have misrepresented me. 

Who have wounded me. 
For all whom I have wronged : • 

That they may be disposed to forgive. 

That I may obtain early and complete recon- 
ciliation. 



Plonlmi) (" This day with Me in 
Paradise"). 

For the grace of penitence to all dying persons. 
For the grace of faith to the same. 
For the grace of prayer to the same. 

That they may be turned to Christ. 

That they may hold firmly to Him. 

That their hope may be clear. 

That their confidence may be sure. 

That they fail not by bodily distress. 

That they find mercy with God. 

That they obtain an easy death. 

That they be received to rest with Christ. 

ftucsbmj (" Behold thy Son . . . thy 
Mother"). 

For all who minister to widows and orphans. 
For orphanages, houses of rest for the aged, and 
places of mercy for the desolate. 



no AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 

For the aged and children, who have no helper. 

For those who show kindness to such. 

That it would please God to revive among us 
the fidelity of sons and daughters to aged 
parents ; and the zeal of the Church to care 
for the homeless and forsaken. 

JUcbncsbmj (" My God, My God, why hast 
Thou forsaken Me?"). 

For all from whom God's face is hidden 

By extremity of suffering. 
By unbelief. 
By loss of faith. 
By the wickedness of men. 
For all righteous and faithful men, who are 
tempted to cast away faith or to lose con- 
fidence in God. 
For all who are perplexed by the darkness of 
the Divine ways, not knowing why they are 
afflicted. 
For all who are burdened and troubled for the 
evil and suffering permitted by God to 
exist. 

Ctljursbaij ("I thirst"). 

For all who suffer in the flesh. 
For all who suffer in their affections, being denied 
sympathy. 



AIDS TO INTERCESSION. m 

For all who are athirst for God, but do not know 

Him. 
For all who hunger and thirst after righteousness ; 

that they may be filled with the goodness of 

God. 
For all who desire the Holy Sacrament where it 

is rarely to be had. 
For all to whom men refuse natural kindness. 

Jribttij (" It is finished "). 

For the end of the mystery of God. 

That our Lord may receive the joy which was set 
before Him. 

That He may see of the travail of His soul and 
be satisfied. 

That His work in us may be accomplished 
through the Holy Ghost. 

That His work in all His Saints may be per- 
fected. 

That the Church may make herself ready, 
adorned as a bride for the bridegroom. 

That the day of the Lord be hastened, and His 
glory appear to us. 

^aturbmj (" Into Thy hands I commit My 
Spirit "). 

That it may please God, as He keeps in His 
peace all who have died in faith and peni- 



U2 AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 

tence, so likewise to teach His people in life 

to give their hearts into His hand, and their 

wills to His obedience. 
That it may please God to prepare those to whom 

death is near for that great change. 
That it may please Him to give His holy angels 

charge over them to keep them in all their 

way. 
That it may please Him to grant to them all 

Christian aid and consolation in that hour. 
That it may please Him to receive them to His 

infinite mercy. 



AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 113 



Additional for retncmbrance in prayer. 
Names : 



Objects : 



U4 AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 

6. INTERCESSORY PRAYERS. 

(1) Jirt of -faitb before Intercession. 

IT is Thy will, O God, to be entreated of us. 
Known unto Thee are all those things concern- 
ing which I would pray ; and Thy mercies are 
prepared. Nevertheless I believe that it is Thy 
will to bestow them in answer to prayer. I be- 
lieve that Thou hast appointed us in the name of 
Thy Holy Son, Our Lord, who ever lives to make 
intercession ; and that Thou hast set us to be in- 
tercessors in His Name, so that His voice may 
be heard here also upon earth by our means. 

To me, O God, who am here alone before 
Thee, but who, nevertheless, am in the unity of 
the Body of Christ and in the Communion of the 
Holy Ghost : grant hearing and power to prevail 
with Thee. Through the mediation and sacrifice 
of Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen. 

(2) *£or % Cburcb Catholic. 

O HOLY JESUS, King of Saints, and only 
Head of the Church of God : preserve Thy 
spouse, which Thou hast purchased with Thy 
right hand, and redeemed and cleansed with 
Thy Blood, even the whole Catholic Church, 
which is from one end of the earth to the other. 



AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 115 

Deliver her from schism, heresy, and sacrilege. 
Unite all her members in the bonds of faith, 
hope, and charity. Let there be one fold, as 
there is one Shepherd. Let her sacrifice of 
prayer, praise, and thanksgiving never cease, 
but be for ever united with the intercession of 
Thee, her dearest Lord, and for ever be pre- 
sented by Thee to God the Father, and for ever 
prevail to the obtaining for all her members of 
grace and blessing, pardon and salvation, till 
Thy second and glorious appearing. Who livest 
and reignest with the Father and the Holy 
Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. 



(3) Jor % C|)urclj in % JEniteb States of America. 

WE have heard with our ears and our fathers 
have told us what works Thou didst in their days 
and in the old time before us. Arise, O Lord, 
and deliver us for Thine honour. Most merciful 
God, by all Thy mercies and Thy covenant, we 
beseech Thee for Thy Church, Thine anointed 
witness to this land : that Thou mayest hearken 
to the prayers of those who look unto Thee con- 
tinually for her. Take away what hinders ; root 
up what Thy hand has not planted ; confirm 
what is weak ; set in order what is confused ; 
restore what is lost ; add what is lacking ; 
strengthen the things that remain, that are ready 
to perish ; establish her piety ; accept her sacri- 



1 16 AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 

fice ; increase her devotion ; enrich her with 
faithful and wise men ; unite her testimony ; 
glorify Thyself in her. That all Thy blessing 
may be upon us, through her Head and Lord, 
Thy Son Jesus Christ. Amen. 



(4) got Restoration of Catholic Unitg. 

O LORD, we beseech Thee mercifully to re- 
ceive the prayers of Thy Church, which now 
everywhere doth entreat Thee to restore her to 
peace and visible unity : that she, being delivered 
from error and schism, from corruptness and from 
all uncharity, may serve Thee in joy and freedom ; 
and give peace even in our time, we pray Thee. 
Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



(5) ^or Restoration of Wnitg in cTljis |Tanb. 

MAY it please Thee, most long-suffering God, 
in Thy good providence to remove from the way 
of Thy people in this land all occasions of spir- 
itual contention, all prejudice and misconception 
of one another ; and to dispose our hearts and 
the hearts of our brethren to receive one another, 
as Thou for Christ's sake dost receive us all ; 
that Ave may return to unity, and the name of 
our Lord be glorified. 

For His sake who prayed that we all might be 
one. Amen. 



AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 117 

(6) <$or % CUrgu. 

WHO is sufficient for these things, O Lord, 
which Thou layest upon Thine ordained ser- 
vants ! Be Thou their strength by Thy Holy 
Spirit, that they may stir up the grace that is in 
them by the laying on of hands, to be bold and 
faithful, not fearing man nor seeking to please 
men ; to be lowly and patient, bearing the burdens 
of all ; to be diligent and anxious, feeding the 
flock that is Thine, for which Christ died ; to be 
wise in teaching and unwearied in prayer. And 
so confess them, O God, in that whereto they are 
sent, that they may come again with joy, prais- 
ing God, and with great joy receiving praise of 
Thee. Who with the Father and the Holy Ghost 
livest and reignest, ever one God, world without 
end. Amen. 

(7) got a faster. 

O GOD, the Pastor and Guide of them that 
faithfully serve Thee, and Thyself most sure in 
confessing those whom Thou dost send in Thy 
Name : have regard to Thy servant N., to whom 
Thou hast committed the cure of souls in this 
parish, that he may fulfil his charge with joy, 
and be strong for the ministry which he has re- 
ceived of the Lord Jesus. That through him 
Thy flock may be edified, comforted, and built 
up in their most holy faith, and all Thy pleasure 



n8 AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 

prosper in his hand. May Thy peace keep his 
heart and mind. Through Christ Jesus our Lord. 
Amen. 



(8) Jor tbosc in ©ffite. 

ALMIGHTY GOD, who hast set in Thy 
Church, with Thy holy ministries, some also 
with gifts to teach and help and administer, in 
diversity of operation but of the same Spirit : 
grant to all such, we beseech Thee, grace to wait 
on the ministry which they have received in the 
Body of Christ with simplicity, diligence, and 
cheerfulness ; that none think of himself more 
highly than he ought to think, and none seek 
another man's calling, but rather to be found 
faithful over a few things, and to receive praise 
of Christ in his own work. That through the 
effectual working in the measure of every part 
the whole Body may be joined together and com- 
pacted, and make increase to the edifying of 
itself in love. To the glory of Thy Name in 
Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. 

(9) gox the lavish. 

O GOD, merciful and mighty, with whom 
nothing is small that touches the glory of Thy 
Son or the souls of Thy people : have in gracious 
remembrance, I beseech Thee, this parish and 
its welfare. Here let faith and piety abound. 



AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 119 

Here let true religion flourish and increase. 
Here let Thy ministry be holy and honourable ; 
Thy worship be abundant and joyful ; Thy house 
be beautiful, consecrate, beloved of all. Here 
let the schools of the young be such that our 
children may grow up in Thy faith and fear. 
Strengthen the authority of parents and the duti- 
fulness of sons and daughters. Banish intemper- 
ance and vice. Gather in those who wander ; 
recover the careless ; establish the faithful. 
Turn the hearts of all who love and fear Thee 
to be one in Christ Jesus our Lord. To the glory 
of Thy Name, who livest and reignest ever one 
God, world without end. Amen. 

(10) ;for % use of |)arisbioners. 

O GOD, who of old didst choose Zion for Thy 
rest, and hast taught us to love the place where 
Thine honour dwelleth : grant that the worship 
which in this church we offer may ever be pure 
and acceptable to Thee, and the work of us, Thy 
servants, who here hallow Thy Name, be con- 
tinually inspired and guided by Thy Holy Spirit, 
and by Thy blessing brought to good effect. 
Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

(11) 4For a Congregation. 

THYSELF, O Lord Jesus Christ, direct and 
govern the counsel of those who seek the welfare 



120 AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 

of Thy flock here ; for Thou art the Shepherd 
and Bishop of our souls, and they are but Thy 
hand. Take therefore every purpose and every 
work of theirs into Thy direction, so that in zeal 
they may be wise, discerning Thy Body, and 
doing Thy will therein. To the glory of Thy 
Name, O Lord, who with the Father and the 
Holy Ghost art one God, blessed over all. Amen. 



(12) Jor IJ-tigsionarirs. 

BE mindful, O God, of Thy servants who have 
gone in Christ's name and in our behalf to de- 
clare the everlasting Gospel in strange lands and 
to those who know Thee not in Him. Preserve 
them in body and soul from their manifold perils 
and temptations. Give them wisdom and a right 
judgment ; patience, and hope, and love to 
bear with the dulness of those who will not hear 
them, and with the infirmities of those who have 
by their word believed. Prepare their way by 
Thy preventing grace ; confess their work by 
abundance of fruit ; give them gladness and 
strength, and even in this present time a thou- 
sand-fold for what for Christ's sake they have 
left. 

Through the same our only Lord Jesus Christ. 
Amen. 



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(13) Jfor % Jfruit of foreign fissions. 

REMEMBER, O Good Lord and Merciful 
Shepherd, those who are newly turned from idols 
to Thy Name. Lead them gently ; bear them 
upon Thy strength : as their need is great and 
their snares many, so let Thy grace abound to 
them. That holding fast their faith and witness- 
ing a good confession, they may overcome all 
that is against them, to the glory of Thy Name. 
Amen. 



(X^) before imperial (fbancjclistic Sorbites. 

LORD JESUS CHRIST, who hast taught that 
Thy Church, kindling her lamp and seeking dili- 
gently, should recover that which is lost in her 
own house : we beseech Thee for the special 
work prepared in this place. Stir up the hearts 
of Thy faithful people to prayer and expectation, 
and send them forth in diligence of help. Touch 
the lips and kindle the souls of Thy servants 
who come in Thy name to declare afresh to us 
Thine everlasting Gospel. Prepare their way by 
Thy Holy Spirit, gathering the careless to Thy 
word, softening the hardened, touching the im- 
penitent, subduing the proud. May Thy power, 
O Lord, be present to heal us in these days, while 
we seek Thee : who livest and reignest. Amen. 



AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 



(15) gittr Sbangelistic Scrbices. 

ALMIGHTY and Most Merciful Father, in 
whose presence there is fulness of joy : show the 
abundance of Thy loving-kindness to those who 
are yet but babes in Christ, for whom praise be 
to Thee ; who have come hungry out of the wil- 
derness, weary from their own works, naked and 
miserable from the far country, heavy laden in 
sins ; and who now are glad in their salvation, 
knowing the things that belong unto their peace. 
And do Thou, Blessed Father, establish them in 
Christ, confirm them in faith, give them the 
grace of perseverance ; neither suffer them for 
any cause to fall from Thee. Grant that they 
abide in Christ and bring forth fruits meet for 
repentance, showing a conversation meet for 
Saints. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



(16) *ifor Sinners. 

HAVE mercy on all sinners, Jesus, we beseech 
Thee. Turn Thou their disobedience into peni- 
tence, their unbelief into faith, their vices into 
virtues ; and having made them true observers 
of Thy law, and sincere lovers of Thee, bring 
them to Thine everlasting Kingdom. Through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 123 

(17) *got % §iffliricb. 

ALMIGHTY and Everlasting God, the Com- 
forter of the sorrowful, and supporter of those 
who are afflicted : give ear to the prayers of such 
as call upon Thee out of tribulation ; that, find- 
ing Thy mercy present with them in their neces- 
sities, their mourning may be turned into joy. 
Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

(18) Jor \\i gjglicjcnt. 

O GOD, most patient, most merciful, as a 
Father beholding and meeting, or ever they are 
come near Thee, those who return : have pity 
also upon such as are content to be far away. 
Work in them hunger and sorrow, that they may 
come to themselves and desire to be counted 
among Thy servants ; that so, by Thine un- 
speakable goodness, they may be made, not 
servants, but sons. 

In Jesus Christ our Lord, who for them also 
died. Amen. 



(10) Jfor tbe fempteb. 

LORD JESUS CHRIST, who hast Thyself 
suffered, being tempted, our merciful and faith- 
ful High Priest : remember those who are hard 
pressed in the difficult ways of this world, and 
those who by infirmity of the flesh or faintness 



124 AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 

of spirit have wellnigh slipped. Maintain them , 
O Lord. How weak we are, Thou truly knowest ; 
by what an enemy we are oppressed, Thou dost 
acknowledge. Put forth therefore Thy might, 
that nothing be lost to Thee of all that the Father 
hath given Thee. And to Thee shall be glory 
for ever. A?nen. 



(20) <for % going. 

MOST pitiful Lord, our Saviour, who hast 
Thyself tasted death : have mercy, we beseech 
Thee, on all the dying. When they pass through 
the deep waters, be Thou, Lord, with them. 
For thou livest and wast dead, and art alive for 
evermore, and hast the keys of death and the 
grave. Amen. 



(21) «#or losuhals, #c. 

O LORD JESUS CHRIST, Thyself merciful 
to men for all their need both of body and soul, 
doing them good and healing all who were 
oppressed of the devil ; who didst send forth 
Thine Apostles with power and commandment 
to heal all sickness and all disease ; and who 
hast inspired Thy people always with the same 
mind : let thy blessing be upon the Infirmary 
[and hospitals] of this place ; Thy pity present 
for the sick whom it shelters ; and Thy grace 



AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 125 

with those, physicians or nurses, who minister to 
their needs ; that through their good work Thy 
name may be glorified : who livest and reignest, 
ever one God, world without end. Amen. 

(22) ^or tbe |3rrsibcnt anb Countrn. 

ALMIGHTY GOD, source of all authority, 
who art manifested in the power and justice of 
temporal dominion as well as in the order which 
of Thee is set in the Church : and hast been 
pleased to grant us a rule in righteousness and an 
equal law : vouchsafe to hold in safety, honour, 
and blessing Thy servant the president of the 
United States : and* all those who are in authority 
over us — that they may govern in peace and 
truth, and all things be done of them in wisdom 
and equity ; that in their time religion and virtue 
may be protected and advanced ; and that we 
and all this people may know and reverence the 
powers which are ordained of The among us, 
being ourselves taught by the Holy Spirit the 
way of loyalty, faithfulness and service : that we 
may the rather be good citizens here, because 
our citizenship is in the Heavens. Through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

(23) Jfor \\i Spirit of (Drber nub lUbrrmcc of ITafrr. 

ALMIGHTY GOD, Ruler of the nations, 
Fountain of justice : who has taught us to be 



126 AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 

subject to every ordinance of man, and that not 
for wrath but for conscience' sake : incline the 
hearts of men, we pray Thee, to the wise love of 
liberty and of the law that guards it, to rejoice in 
submitting ourselves to all due authority and in 
giving to each his own, honour to whom honour, 
fear to whom fear : that we may know all men 
as in the Lord and gladly receive the holy bonds 
of brotherhood in which He commends us to one 
another for pity and longsuffering and love : that 
so in His light we may see light and in His pre- 
cept the way of our peace. And guide our feet 
into that way, O God, we beseech Thee. In 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



(24) Jor Home pssions. 

MOST GRACIOUS GOD, who hast appointed 
Thy Church to be in the earth a body for Thy 
Holy Son, by which His work may be finished 
and Thy Name continually hallowed : bless, we 
pray Thee, every endeavour of ours to fulfil the 
charge laid upon the Church of our fathers as 
Thine anointed witness to this nation ; that kind- 
ling the light of Thy Word and searching dili- 
gently in her own house she may recover for 
Thee the precious things which have been lost 
even there. Confess as Thine own work every 
effort and purpose of Thy Church to strengthen 
her means of doing Thy will, and of becoming a 



AIDS TO IXTERCESSION. 127 

perfect instrument thereto, furnished to every 

good work. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
A men. 



(25) Jxir Immigrants anb Settlers. 

ALMIGHTY GOD, who hast granted to our 
people great increase, and from every land hast 
gathered to us men desiring part in our heritage, 
so that by us Thou fillest the waste places, and 
hast given us great and wide dominion and strong 
hope that we may be Thy praise in the earth : 
teach us, we pray Thee, how to receive them 
who come to our shores and to share with them 
the inheritance of grace and truth ; teach them 
how to take their place with us in Church and 
Commonwealth ; that so the foundations of right- 
eousness which our fathers laid may be estab- 
lished and the nation built together into one upon 
them in the common love of country and united 
zeal for the kingdom and glory of our Lord. By 
the power of Thy Spirit, who maketh men to be 
of one mind, do this for us, Merciful Father. 
Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



(26) got the Mm. 

O GOD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and 
Jacob, whose gifts and calling are without re- 
pentance : have compassion upon Thine ancient 



128 AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 

people, whose are the promises, and of whom 
after the flesh Christ came. Remember, O Lord, 
Thy covenant unto them, and their zeal for 
Thee, though it be not according to knowledge. 
Let the veil which is upon their heart be taken 
away in their turning unto the Lord, their 
Messiah and ours ; that as the casting away of 
them was the reconciling of the world, so the 
receiving of them may be to us also as life from 
the dead. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 



(27) * fox £hu's $omc. 

REMEMBER, O Lord, we beseech Thee, this 
dwelling, and drive far from it all snares of the 
enemy. Let Thy holy angels dwell herein, and 
preserve us in peace, and let Thy blessing be 
upon us evermore. Through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 



(28) *<for all Christians. 

O GOD, the Maker and Redeemer of all 
believers : grant to all Thy servants a merciful 
judgment in that day, that they in the face of 
all Thy creatures may then be acknowledged as 
Thy true children. Through Jesus Christ, Thine 
only Son, our Lord. Amen. 



AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 129 

(29) ^or tbe $sc of ibose fobo liabe mabe ansbw 
for CInlbrcn in %ir baptism. 

O GOD, our fathers' God and ours : I beseech 

Thee for A and B , in whose baptism I 

made answer, and whose vows are upon me. I 
pray Thee to give them a heart to fear Thee ; to 
honour father and mother ; readily to believe all 
true teaching, and willingly to obey every right 
precept. I beseech for them the grace of 
heavenly faith, that they may grow up into 
Christ in all things. Incline their hearts to Thy 
testimonies. Keep them from evil and from the 
knowledge of it. Shelter their weakness from 
temptation. Guide them into Thy truth. If 
they have erred, restore them. And grant them 
a desire for Thee, and an understanding of their 
calling, that they may (in due time) confess their 
baptism before Thee and the Church, and be set 
in the fulness of their inheritance in Christ, to 
the glory of Thy Name. Amen. 



(30) * <#or a $icjbt Relief concerning \\i Dolg 
(Bucljctrist. 

ALMIGHTY, Everlasting Father, who hast 
promised to Thy faithful people life by Thine 
incarnate Son, even as He liveth by Thee : grant 
unto us all, and especially to those whom Thy 
providence hath in any wise entrusted with the 



130 AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 

treasure of Thy holy doctrine among us, Thy 
good Spirit, always so to believe and understand, 
so to feel and firmly to hold, so to speak and to 
think concerning the mystery of the Communion 
of the Body and Blood of Thy dear Son, as shall 
be well pleasing to Thee and profitable to our 
souls. Through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, 
who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity 
of the same Spirit, one God, world without end. 
Amen. 



(31) <Jfor tije $se of tljose foljo are acjmb in 
duplication. 

LORD JESUS CHRIST, who hast promised 
that if two of us shall agree as touching anything 
that we will ask, it shall be done for us of Thy 

Father : regard this thing 

concerning which I am in covenant with my 

friend A , that we should together beseech 

God for it. And if it be a right thing and for 
good, do Thou, Lord, confess our faith, for we 
have hoped in Thy Word, and do Thou present 
our supplication before the Throne. We have 
asked of God : let it be done for us as Thou 
knowest is best ; and enable us to receive thank- 
fully what shall be appointed, so loving God that 
all things shall work together for good to us, and 
to the honour of Thy holy Name. Amen. 



AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 131 

(32) &at one fcobo bas besireb onr ^raners. 

BE mindful, O Merciful Lord God, of Thy 

servant A , and of his hope in Thee only for 

that Thou hearest prayer. He is fled unto Thee 
for help — show him Thy faithfulness. Regard 
his trouble, and give commandment concerning 
him. 

1 am not worthy to ask of Thee for my own 
necessity ; yet I have spoken with Thee for him. 
It is that Thou hast commanded us to pray for 
one another. It is that Thou hast promised to 
be entreated of us for one another. It is that 
Christ has taught us to pray in His Name, who 
ever lives to make intercession. For His sake, 
and through His intercession, hear me, O God. 



(33) * %jX of Jmtfe at % Close of Intercessors 
|p racers. 

ALL these things we ask, O Heavenly Father, 
in patient confidence and joyful hope ; being 
assured that we ask them according to Thy will, 
that the voice of Thy Church is heard by Thee, 
that the intercessions of the Holy Ghost are 
known unto Thee, and that the mediation of Thy 
well-beloved Son, our Lord and Saviour, doth 
ever prevail with Thee. Wherefore we glorify 
Thy Name ; we fall down before Thy Throne ; 
we worship and adore Thy glorious Majesty ; 



132 AIDS TO INTERCESSION. 

evermore praising Thee and saying : Salvation 
be unto our God, which sitteth upon the Throne, 
and unto the Lamb, for ever and ever. Blessing, 
and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and 
honour, and power, and might be unto our God 
for ever and ever. Amen. 



{Those prayers which are marked with an 
asterisk have been taken from various sources.) 



IV. 

Bfc&ittonal praters 



& ©efcrotton 

Guided by the Prayer of Our Lord. 

I. 

BEHOLD what manner of love the Father 
hath bestowed upon us, that we should be 
called the sons of God. 

I bless Thee, O our Father, that Thou hast 
made Thyself known to us. We have seen 
Jesus, and therein we have seen Thee. I bless 
Thee for my baptism — that I am engrafted into 
Him, Thine only-begotten Son ; and in Him I 
am of Thee. 

Shed abroad therefore Thy love in my heart 
by the Holy Ghost. Give me the filial spirit of 
confidence toward Thee, that I may not be afraid 
to believe. Help me to know that Thou hast 
indeed made me Thy child, so that the mind of 
the Son may be formed in me. 

Teach me to ask of Thee, as knowing that 
Thou wilt not give me for bread a stone. 

Help me to love Thy commandments because 

i3S 



136 ADDITIONAL PRAYERS. 

they are my Father's ; and to trust Thy law, 
because it is Thine. 



II. 

KEEP Thy Church, God, that it may keep 
holy and reverend Thy Name which is named 
upon us. Help us to guard our trust. Let Thy 
Name be made holy before the world by the 
faith of Thy people, by their hope in Thee, by 
their love for Thee and for one another. Let it 
be holy in our reverence, exalted in our praises, 
honoured in our worship. O quicken Thy Church 
to hallow Thy Name. Restore to us joyfulness 
in Thy service. Teach us pleasure in prayer. 
May Thy Name be hallowed. 

May the Name of the Father be hallowed in 
our brotherliness and charity. Let it be honoured 
among men through cheerful courage and our 
zeal for all merciful deeds. 

May the Name of the Father be confessed 
through the Son. May the witness of Thy 
Church to the Word made Flesh be faithful, un- 
shakable. 

III. 

QUICKEN in us, O God, the blessed hope 
of the kingdom and appearing of our Lord : that, 
as we look for it, so we may hasten it. Increase 
our faith. Enliven our expectation. 

O send Him whom Thou wilt send ; His re- 



ADDITIONAL PRAYERS. 137 

ward with Him and His work before Him. O 
send again to us the Saviour of the world. Make 
bare Thine own arm, O God ; for vain is the 
help of man. We wait for Thee, Lord, more 
than they that wait for the morning. 

Help me, O God, who pray thus, to be myself 
as one who looks for his Lord, not knowing the 
day or the hour : in unworldliness, in detachment 
from desire, in patience, in readiness, in obedi- 
ence, in peacefulness. 

IV. 

O THAT what Thou wiliest were done in 
earth, for thus earth were as heaven. I believe 
that Thy will is good — in Thee there is no dark- 
ness at all. I believe in Thy law — that peace is 
in keeping of Thy commandments. Teach us 
to love Thy will, as our defence from all harm, 
as the very way of peace, whereby Thou art the 
very God of peace. Suffer us not to think that 
any evil thing is after Thy will. 

Give me faith that Thy will can be done in 
earth. Save me from thinking that Thou com- 
mandest the impossible. Teach me to trust Thy 
will, so that I may not be afraid to do it. 



LORD, Thou knowest of what things I have 
need. Give me such things, 1 pray Thee. I 



138 ADDITIONAL PRAYERS. 

will not be anxious for to-morrow. My Lord 
would have me without carefulness. I pray for 
to-day. 

I will seek my bread from God. Save me, O 
God, from looking for my daily bread from any 
hand but Thine. Save me from seeking it in 
any way that is not right before Thee. Let me 
find my bread in honest and just paths — given 
me by Thee and by Thee only. 

Lord, I live not by bread alone, but by every 
word of Thine. Give me also the Heavenly 
Bread — give me to feed on Him whose Flesh is 
true meat, and His Blood true drink, that He 
may raise me up at the last day. 

VI. 

I CAN pay Thee nothing of all my debt, O 
God ; forgive me, only because I ask Thee. My 
sin is great, because I owe Thee infinitely for 
love that passes understanding, and I neverthe- 
less offend in much and come short in all. Yet 
there is forgiveness with Thee. 

Help me to deal with others as Thou with me. 
Help me to forgive from the heart, lest I lose the 
forgiveness which Thou hast bestowed. Let me 
never think it impossible to forgive my brother. 

Lord, I acknowledge that I find it difficult to 
forgive. I am ready to forgive until I am in- 
jured : then, when I am angry and suffer, I do 
not know how to forgive. Help me to know that 



ADDITIONAL PRAYERS. 139 

then alone is my opportunity to forgive, as Thou 
for Christ's sake hast forgiven me. 



VII. 

IF Thou chasten me, Lord, be it not in 
anger : if Thou rebuke me, be it not in the hot- 
ness of Thy displeasure. As my Father chasten 
me, but not with that sorest retribution, that I 
should be given over to my temptations. Cast 
me not down into their power. Let me not be 
swept away into their bondage. I deserve it — 
for I have dealt easily with my sins. I have re- 
pented, and have returned to that of which I had 
repented. I have dared to confess sins without 
forsaking them. Thou hast pardoned sin — and 
I have repeated it. So I have entangled my soul 
in evil. I have given power to the Tempter to 
claim me that I be sifted. O God, I tremble and 
flee unto Thee. I am Thine : save me. 



VIII. 

DRAW me out of the net, O God. Break my 
bonds. Cut my life loose from the evil that is in 
the world. Give me the liberty of Thy children. 
Perfect the things that concern me. From evil, 
O God, from all evil — now in my will — at last in 
the fulness of my being. Let me be the bond- 
servant of Christ, so that I may be free as regards 



140 ADDITIONAL PRAYERS. 

sin ; that I may have my fruit unto holiness, and 
the end everlasting life. 

For all things are possible with Thee, O God ; 
and there is nothing too hard for Thee. Thy 
might is put forth for me, and Thou wilt perfect 
the good work which Thou hast begun. I will 
trust and not be afraid. I am persuaded that 
nothing can divide me from Thy love which is in 
Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Glory be to the Father 

As it was 

Amen. 



% |)r.tncr for obtaining Contrition. 

I HAVE sinned greatly, O God, and in many 
things ; but in nothing do I perceive myself 
so sinful as in this, that I bear my sins so easily. 
I am not stricken at heart for them as I ought to 
be. I am not duly concerned because of my re- 
peated transgressions. My heart is cold and 
untroubled, though I endeavour to repent. Lord, 
this also must be Thy gift to me. I have no 
worthy penitence to offer Thee. I beseech Thee 
to bestow upon me a greater sensibility of con- 
science, a heart that can feel, a soul that can be 
moved. I pray Thee to make in me a holy fear, 
a purifying shame, a sorrow that worketh life. 



ADDITIONAL PRAYERS. 141 

I have no hope of this, except in the gift and 
power of Thy Holy Spirit. Put forth Thy mercy 
by Him, O God, to take the stony heart out of 
my breast ; and to give me a heart of flesh, that 
I may walk in Thy statutes and keep Thine 
rdinances. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 



% !j3rajur for $011 in Communion feitlj (Sob. 

GREAT and wonderful is Thy love for man, 
O God, and Thy grace to us, whom Thou hast 
called to be Thy children and has sought to 
worship Thee. Nevertheless I have seemed to 
myself like a dead thing, when I have tried to 
answer Thy blessed invitations. My soul is dry ; 
my heart is cold. My mind is unable to conceive 

the wonder of Thy way toward me, and of Thy 
love in Christ, the unspeakableness of Thy gift 
in the Holy Spirit, or the riches of our inherit- 
ance in Thy Sonship. I beseech Thee to reveal 
these things in my heart. Give me a greater 
desire to pray, a deeper joy in Thy worship, 
more pleasure in spiritual things. In my help- 
lessness to change myself I ask this from Thy 
power and compassion, in the communion of the 
Holy Ghost and for the sake of the Lord Jesus 
Christ. A)) 1 en. 



142 ADDITIONAL PRAYERS. 



% |)ranrr for |3oforr to tahc |Urastue in % |)oId 
Scriptures. 

ALMIGHTY GOD, I believe that Thou hast 
spoken to us by the holy men who were moved 
by the Holy Ghost, and that the Scriptures bear 
witness of Christ our Lord. Yet when I read 
them I too little search them. I follow their 
letter, but seem to myself little touched by the 
spirit. I have made it my duty to read in them, 
but I have not profited as I ought, nor have I 
taken such pleasure in Thy word as many of Thy 
servants find therein. I accuse myself for this, 
for I know that Thy law is wonderful ; but I am 
dull of heart and I am occupied in mind by lower 
things. I earnestly ask Thee for such deeper 
fellowship of the Holy Spirit, who speaks in the 
blessed Scriptures, that when I open them, I 
may perceive His mind in what I read, and 
forthwith hear in them His voice to myself. I 
ask Thee for a quicker understanding in spiritual 
things, for more desire to understand, a fuller 
perception of Thy purpose in the Church, that 
I may become teachable, and may love that by 
which Thou wilt teach me. Grant this to my 
necessity, O my God, through Thy Son, Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 



ADDITIONAL PRAYERS. 143 



% |Jntt)erfor tbe Potions of tbc .Spirit in communicating. 

O GOD, who callest me to the holy table of 
Thy blessed Son, there with all Thy people to 
minister before Thee in its most high mystery, 
and there to receive and feed upon Jesus Christ : 
I rejoice in Thy calling ; yet I tremble and I 
reproach myself, because at other times, thus 
doing, I have found myself so cold and so little 
moved by that which I did. I know with my 
understanding what this great and wonderful 
Sacrament is ; but with my heart I do not suf- 
ciently apprehend it. Give me power to realise 
the presence of my Lord. As my eyes behold 
the outward part of the Sacrament, may my soul 
see that inward and spiritual part of the same 
action. Quicken me to know that I am myself 
showing Thee the Lord's death for me. Inspire 
me to perceive that Thou art regarding what we 
do, and for His one sacrifice art forgiving and 
accepting us ; that it may be to me the uttermost 
confession of my sin and the most perfect appre- 
hension of salvation — the holiest sorrow and the 
chiefest joy — an oblation of all possible thanks- 
giving and praise. Reveal to me my Lord who 
comes forth full-handed with His riches, prevail- 
ing from His intercession, as a Shepherd feeding 
His flock, as a King feasting with His people. 
Increase my hunger for Him, that my heart may 
welcome His coming. Increase my faith, that I 



i 4 4 ADDITIONAL PRAYERS. 

may know what He does to me. Grant me this 
joy, O Father ; and yet, if Thou withhold it, help 
me to be content that Thou vouchsafest to me to 
do that which the Lord hath appointed, and help 
me to believe certainly that He gives what he has 
promised. Through the same Lord Jesus Christ. 
Amen. 



% |praner for glossing on a (Soob <GSork. 

THOU knowest my heart, O God, and that in 
this thing which I have undertaken I have de- 
sired not my own advantage, but verily to serve 
Thee and to glorify my Lord. Let it not want 
Thy blessing. Refuse not to be served by me. 
The hearts of men are in Thy hand : incline 
them ' to think kindly of my endeavour. Cause 
them to understand my purpose. Dispose them 
to be favourable to me when I seek their help. 
If it please Thee, suffer me to see that Thy pleas- 
ure prospers in my hand. I thank Thee for 
every token of Thine acceptance of my sacrifice, 
and for the encouragement which I have re- 
ceived ; I bow to Thy will in what has discour- 
aged me. I fervently ask Thee for the grace of 
perseverance, for courage, for a heart to believe 
in my fellow-men — to believe and to hope. I 
commend my work to Thee, and I pray Thee to 
show that Thou art with me. Give me wisdom, 
God, that I may be prudent in Thy service ; 



ADDITIONAL PRAYERS. 145 

yet give me zeal enough to be bold for Thy 
name. Through Jesus Christ, Thy beloved Son. 
A men. 



gi |Jragcr for ^cllob-borhcrs. 

GRANT, O God, that we, who are bound 
together in one holy purpose, be of one mind 
and one heart. Let there be no root Of bitter- 
ness among us, no emulation, nothing done for 
vainglory. Grant that each esteem other better 
than himself, and be ready to take the lowest 
place and to be servant of all. Teach us how to 
bear each his own burden, yet also how to bear 
one another's burdens. So let us have joy, not 
only in our task, and not only in its fruit, but 
also in fellowship with one another, proving each 
other's faith, and perceiving the goodness of the 
blessed way of the Lord Jesus, who liveth and 
reigneth. Amen. 



3l "jpwncr of those foljo builb a CJmrd(j. 

ALMIGHTY GOD, whose Son our Lord was 
consumed with the zeal of Thine house : inspire 
the hearts of all Thy people with the same mind, 
and grant unto us Thy blessing and guidance in 
seeking to build Thee in this place a House of 
Prayer. Raise up help for us, and give us what 



146 ADDITIONAL PRAYERS. 

for this end we need. Hear us, we pray Thee, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



^ prancr for % (Hsc of a (Suilb. 

ETERNAL and most blessed Spirit, the 
promise of the Father and unspeakable gift of 
God, who abidest with the Church for ever : 
dwell ever, we pray Thee, with this Guild of Thy 
servants, the Spirit of wisdom and understand- 
ing, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit 
of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord ; the 
bond of our unity with Christ, the strength of 
our obedience, trie joy of our fellowship with 
one another ; who with the Father and the Son 
art worshipped and glorified, world without end. 
Amen. 



% |3rancr of a parent on brbalf of Offspring. 

MOST MERCIFUL GOD, who hast wonder- 
fully made the tie of parent and child in the like- 
ness of Thine own Divine Fatherhood : I beseech 
Thee for help in regard to those whom Thou hast 
given me. Enable me so to be with them that it 
may be possible for them to obey Thy command- 
ment, and to honour fatherhood in me. Give me 
a wise spirit of rule, and them a holy spirit of 
obedience. Make me just as well as kind, 
patient as well as strong. Teach me to under- 



ADDITIONAL PRAYERS. 147 

stand them, that I may teach them, and to love 
them in Christ as well as with natural affection. 
Save me from dealing with them as if they were 
mine for my pleasure. Save me from injustice 
to their ignorance, from cruelty to their weak- 
ness, from impatience with their faults. Save 
me from slothfulness to teach them, and from 
selfish unwillingness to correct their errors. Save 
me from growing worldly for them. I fear the 
temptation to seek their advantage as I would 
not have sought my own. Help me to trust 
Thee in what concerns them, as I have trusted 
Thee for myself. And may Thy Holy Spirit 
incline their heart to good : to obey what is 
right, and to believe what is true, and to see 
what is excellent. For without Thee I can do 
nothing. 

O God, be merciful to me in them, and suffer 
not that my sins rise up to judge me, or my 
faults to rebuke me, in these the offspring of my 
body and of my soul. 

For Thy pity which is in Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 



\ jpnnrr for the <!lsc of a §orc or slaughter. 

MY FATHER which art in heaven, I beseech 
Thee to enable me with fulness of honour to 
regard the fatherhood under which, as a sacra- 
ment of Thine own Fatherhood, Thou hast set 



148 ADDITIONAL PRAYERS. 

me. Suffer me not with growing strength and 
increasing age to lose my sense of debt and 
reverence as a son in my father's house. Give 
me knowledge of the mystery of sonship, as it is 
revealed in Christ Jesus, that I may glorify Him 
and show His mind in all due obedience, and by 
diligent regard of that tie which is sacred on 
earth as being the shadow of the unity which is 
eternal in the heavens. 

That Thy praise may be known among us, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



■t fo^cn one is (Trmpteb. 

O LORD JESUS CHRIST, who hast suffered 
being tempted, have mercy upon me. O Lord 
Jesus Christ, who in the days of Thy flesh wast 
heard of God the Father in Thy crying to Him 
because Thou fearedst, have mercy upon me ; 
for in fear of my temptation I cry unto Thee. 
O Lord Jesus Christ, who didst pray for Thy 
disciple when Satan claimed him to be sifted as 
wheat, pray for me that my faith fail not. O 
Lord, whose soul was sorrowful even unto death, 
because the prince of this world came against 
Thee, though he had no part in Thee, have pity 
on me : for I am tempted ; and I am not as 
Thou wert, but by many sins I have delivered 
myself to the power of temptation. O Lord, put 
forth help for me. Rid me out of the net. Break 



ADDITIONAL PRAYERS. 149 

the hold of evil upon me. Purge my heart of 
desire. Help me to die to sin in Thee, that it 
may not have dominion over me. And I will 
praise Thee, Thou merciful and faithful High 
Priest who art able to succour those who are 
tempted. Who livest and reignest with the 
Father and the Holy Ghost, one God, world 
without end. Ameji. 



% |)rager fojmi one is uncertain of ilntg. 

I DESIRE to do Thy will, O God, my God, 
for I know that that alone is good ; but for my 
blindness and foolishness I do not plainly see 
what is the way in which Thou wouldst have me 
go. My conscience bids me do the right only : 
and so I desire, and am not afraid ; but my con- 
science does not tell me on which hand the right 
path lies. Enlighten me by Thy Holy Spirit. 
Guide me by Thy providence. Give me a token 
of Thy will. Send me direction. If I am at all 
darkened by self-will, or biassed by love of my 
own interest, or turned from the truth by human 
affection ; or if I am hindered from seeing plainly 
by any hatred of my brother, or by any slothful 
unwillingness of soul, by prejudice or partisan- 
ship : I beseech Thee, O God, to purge my soul 
of such a thing ; I pray Thee to give me knowl- 
edge of myself, that I may cleanse my heart, and 
so reach a right judgment. 



150 ADDITIONAL PRAYERS. 

I fear to grieve the Holy Spirit. I fear to sin 
by doing anything which is not of faith. I verily 
desire to submit myself to Thy word. Let light 
rise up for me, O God, in the communion of the 
Holy Ghost, and for the sake of Jesus Christ and 
of Thy love in Him, who with Thee and the 
same Spirit liveth and reigneth. Amen. 



%. |lrttncr brforc going on a ,f ourrteg. 

MY times are in Thy hand, O God, and I go 
forth not knowing whither the way may bring 
me, or how it shall be with me or with the matter 
which causes my journey. But Thou knowest 
the end from the beginning, and with Thee are 
the issues of every hour of my life. I commend 
myself to Thee. May Thy hand be upon me for 
good. If it please Thee, prosper my work ; bless 
my undertaking ; further my purpose. Let this 
also, good Lord, end for me in thanksgiving, 
when I have seen what Thou wilt appoint for me. 
Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



3. pnnrr for use fobrn in Slnnctn. 

I BESEECH Thee, O Lord, to quiet my spirit 
in faith of Thee. My Saviour would have me 
without carefulness ; yet I am of an anxious 
mind, careful and troubled about many things. 



ADDITIONAL PRAYERS. 151 

I acknowledge my foolishness therein ; I accuse 
myself of ingratitude — for Thy mercies to me 
have been countless. God, who hast num- 
bered the hairs of my head, and who knowest of 
what things I have need, help me to be quietly 
in Thy hand, casting my care upon Thee. Lord, 
increase my faith, that I may confess Thee by 
resting upon Thy Name, and praise Thee by an 
untroubled confidence in Thy power and wisdom, 
and in Thy mercies even to me, who deserve 
them not. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
A men . 

§l |)ntncr iobm in £)onbt. 

O God, whose Son Jesus Christ hast promised 
that if any man wills to do Thy will he shall 
know of the doctrine : I entreat Thee to accept 
my imperfect desire after Thy will, and to bless 
it with that great reward. Help me to cleave 
unto Thee in darkness until Thou bring me out 
into light. I know that the truth stands in Christ 
Jesus : help me also to perceive it. I know that 
by Him alone I can come to Thee : show me the 
way in Him, O my Father. I am sure that life 
eternal is in Him only : grant me to find it, O 
God. Thou knowest that I seek, O God — and 
shall I not find ? I hope in Thee, O God ; let 
my hope save me ; make it an anchor for my 
soul. Help me to put forth my will in believing, 
and by violence to enter Thy kingdom. 



152 ADDITIONAL PRAYERS. 

Grant this, O God, to me, for whom also Christ 
died. Amen. 

|More a Carriage. 

O GOD, who hast ordained marriage, honour- 
able in all ; holy and blessed, a great mystery in 
Christ Jesus ; the likeness of the union of Christ 
and the Church ; let the fulness of Thy benedic- 
tion be upon the union of Thy son and daughter, 
for whom I pray ; prepare their hearts by Thy 
grace so in Thy holy fear to vow to one another, 
that they may obtain Thy help to fulfil every 
duty and to bear every responsibility of marriage : 
that it may be well with them, O God, and peace 
and joy be in their home, and their hearts be 
united to fear Thee, and that each may help the 
other to know Thee and serve Thee well and 
truly in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. 



©n the ©ccasion of a $jttrt|j. 

{To be used daily until the child is christened.) 

THANKS be to Thee, O God, that this child 
is born into the world. As Thou hast given the 
life, so in Thy mercy preserve it. Let Thy gra- 
cious Fatherhood overshadow and protect it from 
all harm in body and soul. May this child be 
spared to come to the font of baptism, and there 



ADDITIONAL PRAYERS. 153 

receive all Thy Grace which Thou hast prepared 
for us, in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen. 



gcforc a baptism. 

ALMIGHTY GOD, who by our ascended Lord 
dost ever send down Thy Holy Spirit upon Thy 
Church, to fill Thine ordinances with heavenly 
power, causing those things which are done ac- 
cording to Thine ordinance truly and really to 
come to pass : grant us with undoubting faith to 
come unto this mystery of holy baptism, bringing 
to Thee the child who is Thy gift to us. Whom 
do Thou, for Christ's sake, O Father, receive 
unto Thyself, engrafting him into the body of the 
Lord, quickening his spirit by Thy Holy Spirit, 
and making him partaker of all Thy grace. 

May those who make answer for him have 
from Thee grace sufficient for the holy charge 
which they accept ; and, vowing truly, be helped 
of Thee to fulfil the same. Through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 



Sifter a baptism. 

KEEP, O Lord, I pray, this Thy child in Thy 
Fatherly tuition and guardianship that he may 
abide in Christ, into whom he is now engrafted. 
May he never fall from the grace which he has 
received. Father, Divine Husbandman, tending 



154 ADDITIONAL PRAYERS. 

the true Vine, grant that this be a fruitful branch 
in Christ, pruned by Thy hand, bearing the fruits 
of the Spirit. Merciful Jesus, Shepherd of the 
sheep, care for this lamb of the flock, upon which 
is now set Thy mark. May it never leave Thy 
hand ; but, being Thine, may it know Thy voice, 
and by Thee be led in and out and find pasture. 
But if ever it stray, Lord, remember Thy word 
and go after it into the wilderness, and seek until 
Thou find it and bring it back. O most holy 
and gracious Spirit, of whom the Temple is 
builded together, an habitation for God : may 
this living stone be established where now it is 
built into the holy wall. May the body of this 
child be Thy dwelling-place. May his members 
be Thine instruments for righteousness. May he 
stand in his lot in the end of the days. 

And to the Name of the Father, the Son, and 
the Holy Ghost, ever one God, be glory, world 
without end. Amen, 



• <Jfor one fco^o is Sick. 

LORD, he whom Thou lovest is sick : tarry 
not, I beseech Thee, merciful Lord, but put forth 
Thy power for him. Thou art the Saviour of our 
bodies as of our souls, and all our life is from 
Thee : heal him, O Lord. In the old days they 
brought their sick to Thee, and Thou didst send 
none away uncomforted. They laid them at Thy 






ADDITIONAL PRAYERS. 155 

feet, and Thou didst heal them all. I know that 
Thou art the same yesterday and to-day. Thy 
hand is not shortened ; Thy pity is not less. 
Lord, I come to Thee as they came. Say to me 
also, "According to thy faith be it unto thee," 
and give me faith to obtain Thy mercy. I bring 
my sick to Thee : say unto me, " Be it unto thee 
even as thou wilt." I beseech Thee, merciful 
Jesus, to hear me ; for to Thee belongeth all 
power in earth as in heaven. And to Thy Name 
be glory for ever. Amen. 



% ©banhsgibing after ^Ucoberg. 

O LORD my God, I cried unto Thee and 
Thou hast healed me ; Thou hast brought up my 
soul from the grave ; Thou hast kept me alive 
that I should not go down to the pit. 

Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all 
His benefits : who forgiveth all thine iniquities ; 
who healeth all thy diseases ; who redeemeth 
thy life from destruction ; who crowneth thee 
with loving-kindness and tender mercies. 

O most gracious God, who of Thy great good- 
ness hast restored health to Thy servant : receive 
the thanksgiving which thus is offered before 
Thee. Continue and establish this Thy mercy, 
that the life which Thou hast spared may be also 
strengthened, and that it may be the more 
heartily devoted to Thee, and continually be to 



156 ADDITIONAL PRAYERS. 

the praise of Thy glory. Through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 



Jor tbe §lmng. 

THE mercies of the Lord are from everlasting 
to everlasting. 

O Lord, save Thy servant, which putteth his 
trust in Thee. 

Send him help from Thy sanctuary, and ever- 
more mightily defend hint. 

Be unto him a strong tower from the face of 
the enemy. 

Lord, have mercy. 
Christ, have mercy. 
Lord, have mercy. 

O Lamb of God, which takest away the sins of 
the world : 

Have mercy upon him. 

O Lamb of God, which takest away the sins of 
the world : 

Grant him Thy peace. 

Lord Jesus, receive his spirit. Amen. 

Father, into Thy hands we commend his 
spirit : 

Thou hast redeemed him, O Lord God of 
truth. Amen. 



ADDITIONAL PRAYERS. 157 

Epttt a graifc 

HELP me, O God, to bow myself to Thine 
appointment. I flee to Thee. I know not what 
to say — only I will sorrow at Thy feet. Make 
it possible for me to submit myself to Thee. 

Lord Jesus Christ, who didst Thyself weep for 
Thy friend, who didst comfort Martha and Mary 
in their grief : have pity upon me. 

Comfort, most merciful God, those who share 
my sorrow. I beseech Thee to speak with them, 
and, as Thou art able, to uphold them. 

I bless Thee, Lord Jesus, who hast Thyself 
trodden the way of death. I hope in Thee for 
Aim who is now fallen asleep — for Thou art Lord 
of the living and of the dead, and death cannot 
divide from Thy love. Thou art able to keep 
what our faith entrusts to Thee. Thou wilt not 
suffer that our hope in Thee be confounded. 
Therefore I praise Thee ; and to Thee be glory, 
world without end. Amen. 



BppenMs* 



©Ije Apostles' Crtcb. 

T BELIEVE in God, the Father Almighty, 
J. Maker of heaven and earth. 

And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord ; 
who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of 
the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, 
Was crucified, dead, and buried ; He descended 
into hell : The third day He rose again from the 
dead : He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on 
the right hand of God the Father Almighty. 
From thence He shall come to judge the quick 
and the dead. 

I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Holy Catholic 
Church, the Communion of Saints, the Forgive- 
ness of Sins, the Resurrection of the Body, and 
the Life Everlasting. Amen. 



(Tbc Jttccne Crccb. 

I BELIEVE in one God the Father Almighty, 
Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things 
visible and invisible. 

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only be- 
gotten Son of God, begotten of His Father before 
ii 161 



1 62 APPEXDIX. 

all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, Very God 
of Very God, Begotten not made, Being of one 
Substance with the Father, by whom all things 
were made ; who for us men and for our salva- 
tion came down from heaven, and was incarnate 
by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, and was 
made man, and was crucified also for us under 
Pontius Pilate ; He suffered and was buried, and 
the third day He rose again according to the 
Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and sitteth 
on the right hand of the Father. And He shall 
come again with glory to judge both the quick 
and the dead ; whose Kingdom shall have no 
end. 

And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and 
Giver of Life, who proceedeth from the Father 
and the Son, who with the Father and the Son 
together is worshipped and glorified ; who spake 
by the prophets. And I believe one Holy Catho- 
lic and Apostolic Church. I acknowledge one 
baptism for the remission of sins, and I look for 
the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the 
world to come. Amen. 



Z\t .Sum of % %-aSa of (5ob. 

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy 
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy 
mind. This is the first and great command- 
ment. And the second is like unto it : Thou 
shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these 



APPENDIX. 163 

two commandments hang all the law and the 
prophets. 

&\i Cfcoo Sacraments gencraLln ncccssarg to Salbaticm. 
1. Baptism. 2. The Holy Communion. 

%\i (Sigbt |5catihabcs. 

1 . Blessed are the poor in spirit : for theirs is 

the kingdom of heaven. 

2. Blessed are they that mourn : for they shall 

be comforted. 

3. Blessed are the meek : for they shall inherit 

the earth. 

4. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst 

after righteousness : for they shall be filled. 

5. Blessed are the merciful : for they shall obtain 

mercy. 

6. Blessed are the pure in heart : for they shall 

see God. 

7. Blessed are the peacemakers : for they shall 

be called the children of God. 

8. Blessed are they which are persecuted for 

righteousness' sake : for theirs is the king- 
dom of heaven. 

(The (Three drbangclieal <f>raccs. 
1. Faith. 2. Hope. 3. Charity. 



1 64 APPENDIX. 

%\xu %xto of the £cbotional %\h. 

i . " When thou doest alms. 

2. ' ' When thou pray est. 

3. " When thou fastest. 

%\t gom Cnrbhnl ©ittoefl. 

1. Justice. 3. Temperance. 

2. Prudence. 4. Fortitude. 

Vat Scben (Sifts of % $olg 6^ost. 

1. Wisdom. 4- Might. 

2. Understanding. 5. Knowledge. 

3. Counsel. 6. Godliness. 

7. Holy Fear. 

&be U&m fruits of % Spirit. 

I. Love. 5- Gentleness. 

2 j y 6. Goodness. 

3. Peace. 7- Faith. 

4. Longsuffering. 8. Meekness. 

9. Temperance. 



^4^ a/sa : 
Patience. Humility. Purity. 



APPENDIX. 



165 



<£lje jstbtnfolb $Horks of |ttfrn>. 



Spiritual. 
i. To instruct the ignorant. 



2. To admonish offenders. 

3. To counsel the doubting. 

4. To comfort the sorrow- 

ful. 

5. To forgive offences. 

6. To suffer wrong pa- 

tiently. 

7. To pray for others. 



Corporal. 

1. To feed the hungry and 

give drink to the thirsty. 

2. To clothe the naked. 

3. To shelter the homeless. 

4. To visit the sick. 

5. To minister to prisoners. 

6. To consider the widows 

and fatherless. 

7. To bury the dead. 



fie Jonr %\\<*\ Swings. 



Death. 




Heaven. 


Judgment. 




Hell. 


Scuen demons 


gins 


tin Opposite iDirttus. 


Pride. 




Humility. 


Covetousness. 




Generosity. 


Lust. 




Chastity. 


Anger. 




Meekness. 


( rluttony. 




Temperance. 


Envy. 




Brotherly love 


Sloth. 




Diligence. 



1 66 APPENDIX. 

Pine 3Kaj)S of participating in unotbrr'a jsht. 

1. By counsel. 5. By praise or flattery. 

2. By command. 6. By concealment. 

3. By consent. 7. By partaking. 

4. By provocation. 8. By silence. 

9. By defence of the ill done. 

®be jscben SSorbs from tbc Cross. 

Jesus said : 

Father, forgive them, for they know not what 

they do. 
Verily I say unto Thee, To-day shalt thou be 

with Me in paradise. 
Woman, behold thy son : Behold thy mother. 
My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken 

Me? 
I thirst. 
It is finished. 
Father, into Thy hands I commend m 

Spirit. 

(Lbc $rbm psalms rnllrb penitential. 
Psalms vi., xxxii., xxxviii., li., cii., exxx., cxliii. 

(Tbc psalms ntllfb of pegrecs, or <5nbual. 
Psalms cxx. to exxxiv. 



APPENDIX. 167 

(Things in tabid) to Qhtcb unb |lran. 

Remember, Christian soul, that thou hast this 
day, and all days — 

God to glorify. Eternity to prepare for. 

Jesus to follow. Time to profit by. 

A soul to save. Neighbours to edify. 

A body to mortify. The world to despise. 

Sins to repent of. Devils to combat. 

Virtues to acquire. Passions to subdue. 

Hell to avoid. Death, it may be, to suffer. 

Heaven to win. Judgment to bear. 



be psalter bibibcb bo %t it man be reab 
rati; month;. 



Da 


Y. MORNING. 


Evening. 


I 


i.-v. 


vi.-viii. 


2 


ix.-xi. 


xii.-xiv. 


3 


xv.-xvii. 


xviii. 


4 


xix.-xxi. 


xxii., xxiii. 


5 


xxiv.-xxvi. 


xxvii.-xxix. 


6 


xxx., xxxi. 


xxxii.-xxxiv 


7 


xxxv., xxxvi. 


xxxvii. 


8 


xx x\ iii.-xl. 


xli.-xliii. 


9 


xliv.-xlvi. 


xlvii.-xlix. 


10 


l.-lii. 


liii.-lv. 


1 1 


lvi.-lviii. 


lix.-lxi. 


12 


lxii.-lxiv. 


lxv.-lxvii. 



1 68 



APPEXDIX. 



Day. Morning. 


Evening. 


13 


lxviii. 


lxix., lxx. 


U 


lxxi., lxxii. 


lxxiii., lxxiv. 


*5 


lxxv.-lxxvii. 


lxxviii. 


16 


lxxix.-lxxxi. 


lxxxii. -lxxxv. 


17 


lxxxvi.-lxxxviii. 


lxxxix. 


iS 


xc.-xcii. 


xciii., xciv. 


J 9 


xcv.-xcvii. 


xcviii.-ci. 


20 


cii., ciii. 


civ. 


21 


cv. 


cvi. 


22 


cvii. 


cviii., cix. 


23 


cx.-cxiii. 


cxiv., cxv. 


^4 


cxvi.-cxviii. 


cxix. 1-32. 


25 


cxix. 37-72. 


cxix. 73-104. 


26 


cxix. 105-144. 


cxix. 145-176 


27 


cxx.-cxxv. 


cxxvi.-cxxxi. 


28 


cxxxii.-cxxxv. 


cxxxvi.-cxliii. 


29 


cxxxix.-cxli. 


cxlii., cxliii. 


50 
3i 


\ cxliv.-cxlvi. 


cxlvii.-cl. 



